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unsterilizable

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Unable to be sterilized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + sterilizable.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: nesterilizovatelný — unable to become sterilized
  • Danish: usteriliserbar — unable to become sterilized
  • Dutch: niet steriliseerbaar — unable to become sterilized
  • Dutch: onsteriliseerbaar — unable to become sterilized
  • Finnish: sterilointikelvoton — unable to become sterilized
  • French: instérilisable — unable to become sterilized
  • German: unsterilisierbar — unable to become sterilized
  • Polish: nie do sterylizowania — unable to become sterilized
  • Portuguese: inesterilizável — unable to become sterilized
  • Russian: нестерилизу́емый (nesterilizújemyj) — unable to become sterilized
  • Spanish: no esterilizable — unable to become sterilized
  • Swedish: osteriliserbar — unable to become sterilized