desterilization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ sterilization

Noun[edit]

desterilization (usually uncountable, plural desterilizations)

  1. The contamination of medical equipment, etc. so that it is no longer sterile.
  2. (economics) A monetary process that is the reverse of sterilization.