Sterilization

Sterilization may refer to: Sterilization (microbiology), killing or inactivation of micro-organisms Soil steam sterilization, a farming technique that sterilizes soil with steam in open fields or greenhouses Sterilization (medicine) renders a human unable to reproduce Neutering is the surgical sterilization of animals Irradiation induced sterility is used in the sterile insect technique A chemosterilant is a chemical compound that causes sterility Sterilization (economics), central bank operations aimed at neutralizing foreign exchange operations' impact on domestic money supply, or offset adverse consequences of large capital flows A very severe enough extinction event that permanently renders a planet like Earth completely uninhabitable to even microbial life.

==See also== Sterility (physiology)