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sterilization

[ster-uh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌstɛr ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /


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Sterilization and chemical industry groups support the plan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

On its website, Sterilization Services said its Memphis plant is the company’s flagship location, with other facilities in Georgia and Virginia.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Sterilization is not only used to prevent conception, either.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2022

Sterilization in women is called a tubal ligation; it is analogous to a vasectomy in males in that the oviducts are severed and sealed.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

He did so immediately: in 1933, less than five months after the passage of the Enabling Act, the Nazis enacted the Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring—commonly known as the Sterilization Law.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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