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sterilisation
Overview of noun sterilisation
The noun sterilisation has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sterilization, sterilisation -- (the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce))
2. sterilization, sterilisation -- (the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sterilisation
2 senses of sterilisation
Sense 1
sterilization, sterilisation
=> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
=> medical procedure
=> procedure, process
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sterilization, sterilisation
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> improvement
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sterilisation
2 senses of sterilisation
Sense 1
sterilization, sterilisation
=> neutering, fixing, altering
=> surgical contraception
Sense 2
sterilization, sterilisation
=> pasteurization, pasteurisation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sterilisation
2 senses of sterilisation
Sense 1
sterilization, sterilisation
=> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Sense 2
sterilization, sterilisation
=> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Antonyms of noun sterilisation
Member Holonyms of noun sterilisation
Substance Holonyms of noun sterilisation
Part Holonyms of noun sterilisation
Member Meronyms of noun sterilisation
Substance Meronyms of noun sterilisation
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Meronyms of noun sterilisation
Holonyms of noun sterilisation
Attributes of noun sterilisation
Derived Forms of noun sterilisation
2 senses of sterilisation
Sense 1
sterilization, sterilisation
RELATED TO>(verb) sterilise#2
=> sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix
Sense 2
sterilization, sterilisation
RELATED TO>(verb) sterilise#1
=> sterilize, sterilise
Domain of noun sterilisation
Domain Terms of noun sterilisation
Familiarity of noun sterilisation
sterilisation used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sterilisation
2 senses of sterilisation
Sense 1
sterilization, sterilisation
> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
=> catheterization, catheterisation
=> ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
=> amputation
=> angioplasty
=> arthroplasty
=> arthroscopy
=> brain surgery
=> castration
=> cautery, cauterization, cauterisation
=> chemosurgery
=> craniotomy
=> cryosurgery
=> curettage, curettement
=> debridement
=> decortication
=> dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C
=> electrosurgery
=> enterostomy, enterotomy
=> enucleation
=> wrong-site surgery
=> evisceration
=> exenteration
=> fenestration
=> gastrectomy
=> gastroenterostomy
=> gastrostomy
=> heart surgery
=> hemorrhoidectomy, haemorrhoidectomy
=> hysterotomy
=> implantation
=> iridectomy
=> iridotomy
=> intestinal bypass
=> jejunostomy
=> major surgery
=> microsurgery
=> minor surgery
=> myotomy
=> myringectomy
=> myringoplasty
=> myringotomy
=> neurosurgery
=> orchiopexy
=> osteotomy
=> ostomy
=> palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, UPPP
=> phlebectomy
=> photocoagulation
=> plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
=> polypectomy
=> resection
=> rhinotomy
=> rhizotomy
=> sex-change operation, transsexual surgery
=> Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation
=> sterilization, sterilisation
=> strabotomy
=> taxis
=> tracheostomy, tracheotomy
=> transplant, transplantation, organ transplant
=> trephination
=> tympanoplasty
=> uranoplasty
=> vasovasostomy
=> vivisection
Sense 2
sterilization, sterilisation
> cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
=> disinfestation
=> spring-cleaning
=> scrub, scrubbing, scouring
=> dry cleaning
=> sweeping
=> purge, purging
=> purification
=> sterilization, sterilisation
=> sanitation, sanitization, sanitisation
=> depilation, epilation
=> washup, bathing
=> housecleaning
Meronyms of noun sterilisation
2 senses of sterilisation
Sense 1
sterilization, sterilisation
=> operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
HAS PART: hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia
HAS PART: incision, section, surgical incision
HAS PART: suturing
Holonyms of noun sterilisation
Grep of noun sterilisation
sterilisation
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