[f. STERILIZE v. + -ATION.] The action of sterilizing.
1874. W. Roberts, in Phil. Trans., CLXIV. 458. On the sterilization by heat of organic liquids and mixtures.
1885. Ld. Napier & Ettrick, in Comm. Housing Working Cl., V. 113/2. The formation of deer forests and sterilization of land in all parts of Scotland.
1900. Nature, 1 March, 422/1. The thorough sterilisation of the syringe in every case.
1905. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 26 Aug., 443. Treat every man after the deserts of his grandfathers and who should scape sterilization?
1910. R. R. Rentoul, in Brit. Health Rev., Feb., 74. In 1903 I publicly advocated the sterilisation of the insane.
