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sterilizable

sterilizable adjective: able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

Adjective

sterilizable (not comparable)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.
    • One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable.

Antonyms of sterilizable

Forms of sterilizable

alternative formsterilisable

Origin of sterilizable

From sterilize + -able.

Words formed from sterilizable

Questions about sterilizable

What does sterilizable mean?
Sterilizable means able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.
What part of speech is sterilizable?
Sterilizable is an adjective.

Words near sterilizable in the dictionary

  1. sterilises
  2. sterilising
  3. sterilities
  4. sterility
  5. sterilizability
  6. sterilizable
  7. sterilizated
  8. sterilization
  9. sterilizations
  10. sterilize
  11. sterilized

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