| Preferred Name |
Sterilization |
| Definitions |
The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means. |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013242 |
| AN |
of the environment, not sexual; differentiate from DISINFECTION: DISINFECTION renders matter free of pathogens, STERILIZATION destroys all microbes; if in doubt, use the word of the text |
| AQL |
CL EC ES HI IS LJ MT OG SN ST TD |
| cui |
C0038280 |
| DC |
1 |
| definition |
The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means. |
| DX |
19660101 |
| FX |
D061352 |
| Inverse of AQ |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000639 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000295 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000458 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000592 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000379 |
| Inverse of RO | |
| MDA |
19990101 |
| MMR |
20110624 |
| MN |
N06.850.780.200.450.850 |
| notation |
D013242 |
| prefLabel |
Sterilization |
| TERMUI |
T038883 |
| TH |
NLM (1966) |
| tui |
T058 |
| subClassOf |