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sterile

[ster-il, -ahyl] / ˈstɛr ɪl, -aɪl /


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Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies, you can’t get a drug without a prescription, certainly not a sterile injectable drug.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

During the 1950s, officials carried out one of the most successful biological control campaigns in history using a method known as the sterile insect technique.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

After being told she was sterile, Bonino got pregnant aged 27.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Depending on what is ordered, copycat retatrutide can arrive needing to be mixed with sterile, bacteriostatic water which requires various calculations.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

One of the problems of sterilization by radiation is that this requires not only artificial rearing but the release of sterile males in larger number than are present in the wild population.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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