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resterilized

resterilized is the simple past and past participle of resterilize.

Meaning of resterilize

Verb

resterilize (third-person singular simple present resterilizes, present participle resterilizing, simple past and past participle resterilized)

  1. (transitive) To sterilize again.
    • This afternoon Bets does surgery on my leg—a small infection I've let get worse. It looks bad, clearly infected around the area. She pulls off the scab and some of the surrounding skin with our often resterilized needle.1982 February 13, Lee Swislow, “Amazon Trekking”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 8

Questions about resterilized

What is resterilized the simple past and past participle of?
Resterilized is the simple past and past participle of resterilize.

Words near resterilized in the dictionary

  1. resterilises
  2. resterilising
  3. resterilization
  4. resterilizations
  5. resterilize
  6. resterilized
  7. resterilizes
  8. resterilizing
  9. resternotomies
  10. resternotomy
  11. resters

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