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The art of making something so clean even microbes get the eviction notice.
means The complete removal or killing of all microorganisms, spores included, on a surface or in a body, or surgery preventing reproduction.
from From Latin sterilis, meaning barren or unproductive — the same root that makes a desert and a clean scalpel cousins.
Spores survivePlain disinfecting kills germs; sterilizing also slaughters their armored spores.
Steam powerAutoclaves cook microbes at 121C under pressure.
Two meaningsSame word covers surgical tubal ligation and a sterile lab.