Sterilization

Sterilization can refer to:

• The elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment
  • Sterilization (microbiology)
  • Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses

• A medical technique that intentionally leaves a person unable to reproduce
  • Sterilization (medicine)
  • Animal sterilization, known as neutering

• Sterilization (economics), a term referring to central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply and to generally offset potentially adverse consequences of large capital flows.

See also

• Sterility (disambiguation)