sterilizable

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adjective

Able to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

“One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable.”

Opposite
unsterilizable
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Meanings

adjectivesterilizable (not comparable)

alternative sterilisable

  1. BritishEnglishOxfordUSnot comparableAble to be sterilized; able to go through sterilization.

    One should not wear leather gloves in the laboratory, because they are not sterilizable.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unsterilizable

Origin

From sterilize + -able.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 可消毒
  • 可消毒 (kě xiāodú)able to be sterilized
Czech sterilizovatelný
  • sterilizovatelnýable to be sterilized
Danish steriliserbar
  • steriliserbarable to be sterilized
Dutch steriliseerbaar, te steriliseren
  • steriliseerbaarable to be sterilized
  • te steriliserenable to be sterilized
Finnish steriloitava, steriloitavissa oleva
  • steriloitavaable to be sterilized
  • steriloitavissa olevaable to be sterilized
French stérilisable
  • stérilisableable to be sterilized
German sterilisierbar
  • sterilisierbarable to be sterilized
Icelandic sótthreinsanlegur
  • sótthreinsanlegurable to be sterilized
Italian sterilizzabile
  • sterilizzabileable to be sterilized
Japanese 滅菌可能
  • 滅菌可能 (mekkin kanō)able to be sterilized
Polish dający się sterylizować
  • dający się sterylizowaćable to be sterilized
Portuguese esterilizável
  • esterilizávelable to be sterilized
Romanian sterilizabil
  • sterilizabilable to be sterilized
Russian стерилизуемый
  • стерилизуемый (sterilizujemyj)able to be sterilized
Spanish esterilizable
  • esterilizableable to be sterilized
Swedish steriliserbar
  • steriliserbarable to be sterilized
Turkish sterilize edilebilir
  • sterilize edilebilirable to be sterilized
Cite this entry
APA

sterilizable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterilizable

MLA

“sterilizable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterilizable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sterilizable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterilizable.

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