Sterilization

Sterilization can refer to:

• Sterilisation (ecology), the process by which an agent renders an environment sterile
  • Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses
• Sterilization (microbiology), the elimination of microbiological organisms to achieve asepsis, a sterile microbial environment
• Sterilization (surgical procedure) may refer to:
  • an operation which renders an animal or human unable to reproduce:
    • Animal sterilisation (surgical procedure), also known as neutering
    • Human sterilisation (surgical procedure), a medical procedure
  • the sterilisation of surgical instruments
• 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)