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resterilizes

resterilizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 resterilizes

What is resterilizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Resterilizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of resterilize.

Words near resterilizes in the dictionary

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

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