Glossary

Sterilization

Sterilization

Sterilisation

Sterilisation refers, on the one hand, to a permanent procedure for contraception, for example by tying off the vas deferens or the fallopian tubes. On the other hand, it means the complete killing of germs on instruments and materials.

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