Usually means: Agent that destroys all microorganisms.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterilant: Merriam-Webster
  2. sterilant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sterilant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sterilant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sterilant: Wordnik
  6. sterilant: Wiktionary
  7. sterilant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. sterilant: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sterilant: Dictionary.com
  10. Sterilant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. sterilant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterilant: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. sterilant: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sterilant)

▸ noun:  Any substance used to sterilize something

Similar:
sterilizer, sterilisation, steriliser, desterilization, radiosterilization, chemosterilization, isolator, radiosterilisation, decontaminant, resterilization, more...

Opposite:
germ enhancer, germ promoter, germ stimulator

Phrases:
soil sterilant, more...

Adjectives:
effective, gaseous, liquid, cold, temporary, residual, only, useful, particular

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Similar:
sterilizer, sterilisation, steriliser, desterilization, radiosterilization, chemosterilization, isolator, radiosterilisation, decontaminant, resterilization, more...

Opposite:
germ enhancer, germ promoter, germ stimulator

Phrases:
soil sterilant, more...

Adjectives:
effective, gaseous, liquid, cold, temporary, residual, only, useful, particular



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