sterilization
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Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service maintains a screwworm pupae sterilization facility in North America and is currently building a new center in southern Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The staffers were also early adopters of telemedicine; the deadly nature of the Ebola virus required intense sterilization of anything that came into contact with a patient.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
In her very long and very twisty new novel, the author examines a Depression-era sterilization law in Mississippi, thereby connecting three white female characters.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
"Animals may receive contraception or sterilization to prevent breeding, creating natural comparison groups within the same environment."
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
There are possibilities, too, that insects of medical importance might be controlled by sterilization.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing sterilization
Microbiology - High School
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