sterilisasi
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, affixed steril + -isasi, borrowed from Dutch sterilisatie.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ste.ri.li.ˈsa.si/
- Rhymes: -si, -i
- Hyphenation: ste‧ri‧li‧sa‧si
Noun
sterilisasi (plural sterilisasi-sterilisasi, first-person possessive sterilisasiku, second-person possessive sterilisasimu, third-person possessive sterilisasinya)
- sterilization, sterilisation:
- (microbiology) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
- (biology, medicine) A procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
Synonyms
- pensterilan
Related terms
- steril
References
- Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964
Further reading
- “sterilisasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.