Usage Note
Sterilizzazione covers both medical sterilisation (rendering instruments or individuals free of pathogens or unable to reproduce) and industrial sterilisation (food processing). The verb is sterilizzare, the adjective sterilizzato. In historical and political contexts it also appears in discussions of eugenics (sterilizzazione forzata = 'forced sterilisation').
Examples
"La sterilizzazione degli strumenti chirurgici è obbligatoria."
Natural Translation
The sterilisation of surgical instruments is mandatory.
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