Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sterilizing agent.
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- noun Any substance used to
sterilize something
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Examples
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This attitude suffuses the following passage, in which the possibility of putting a "sterilant" into a population's drinking water is seriously discussed.
Lex Communis 2009
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Israel was, however, accused of causing disproportionate damage to the ozone layer in the early 1990, s through it, s use of the sterilant Methyl Bromide used to treat strawberries for export and to sterilse soil.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Use of UV storage cabinets is superior to use of dry sterilant from a human health and environmental perspective, although there is the potential for UV light exposure if the cabinets are misused.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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Simple elimination of dry sterilant, without any other change in procedures, is superior to use of dry sterilant from the human health, environmental, and cost perspectives.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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Formaldehyde is also used as a sterilant and tissue preservative.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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This option would produce cost savings, because it would eliminate the need for cosmetology salons to purchase dry sterilant.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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The first option is a process change: storage of implements in a disinfected, dry, covered container or drawer without the use of any additional sterilant.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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One practical alternative to use of dry sterilant is simply to store implements in a disinfected, dry, covered container that is isolated from contaminants.
Alternatives for significant uses of formaldehyde in Massachusetts 2008
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Next to the surgical tools is the plastic bottle of the carcinogenic, hallucinogenic and mutagenic sterilant fluid called "LPh".
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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This may mean soaking seeds in a sterilant like the commercial bleach, chlorox (1 part chemical to 5 parts water) or applying anti-mold substances like fungicides or some plant extracts (try extracts of garlic cloves, acapulco leaves, malunggay leaves or achuete seeds).
Chapter 12 1992
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