Synonyms of the word

sterilization

• n. (uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
• n. (uncountable) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
• n. (countable) an instance of a sterilization procedure.
• n. (uncountable) A monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.

cleaning

• v. present participle of clean.
• n. (gerund of clean) A situation in which something is cleaned.
• n. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

cleansing

• adj. That cleanses.
• n. The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.
• v. present participle of cleanse.

cleanup

• n. The act of cleaning or tidying something.
• adv. (baseball) Fourth in the batting order.

operation

• n. The method by which a device performs its function.
• n. The method or practice by which actions are done.
• n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• n. A planned undertaking.
• n. A business or organization.
• n. (medicine) A surgical procedure.
• n. (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the…
• n. (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
• n. (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

sterilisation

• n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of sterilization.

surgery

• n. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
• n. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
• n. A room or department where surgery is performed.
• n. (Britain) A doctor's office.
• n. (Britain) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly…
• n. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
• n. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding…