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sterilization

process that eliminates or kills all biological agents on an object or in a volume
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sterilization

Summary

sterilization ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,730 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sterilization is a type of hygiene[2].
  • sterilization is a type of process[3].
  • sterilization is a type of hazard elimination[4].
  • sterilization's Commons category is recorded as Sterilization (microbiology)[5].
  • sterilization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sterilization (microbiology)[6].
  • sterilization's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • sterilization's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • sterilization's has effect is recorded as sterility[9].
  • sterilization's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84382[10].
  • sterilization's different from is recorded as Sterilization[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hygiene[2], process[3], and hazard elimination[4].

Why It Matters

sterilization ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,730 views/month).[1] sterilization has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] sterilization is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → hygiene, process, hazard elimination
    Has effect → sterility
    Topic's main category → Category:Sterilization (microbiology)
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20696, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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