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sterilizable

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: British, English, Oxford, US, not-comparable

Examples

  • One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sterilize + -able.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 可消毒 (kě xiāodú) — able to be sterilized
  • Czech: sterilizovatelný — able to be sterilized
  • Danish: steriliserbar — able to be sterilized
  • Dutch: steriliseerbaar — able to be sterilized
  • Dutch: te steriliseren — able to be sterilized
  • Finnish: steriloitava — able to be sterilized
  • Finnish: steriloitavissa oleva — able to be sterilized
  • French: stérilisable — able to be sterilized
  • German: sterilisierbar — able to be sterilized
  • Icelandic: sótthreinsanlegur — able to be sterilized
  • Italian: sterilizzabile — able to be sterilized
  • Japanese: 滅菌可能 (mekkin kanō) — able to be sterilized
  • Polish: dający się sterylizować — able to be sterilized
  • Portuguese: esterilizável — able to be sterilized
  • Romanian: sterilizabil — able to be sterilized
  • Russian: стерилизуемый (sterilizujemyj) — able to be sterilized
  • Spanish: esterilizable — able to be sterilized
  • Swedish: steriliserbar — able to be sterilized
  • Turkish: sterilize edilebilir — able to be sterilized