variants:
or pre-sterilize
presterilized or pre-sterilized; presterilizing or pre-sterilizing
Definition of presterilize
: to make (something) sterile in advance
The jars should be presterilized. They always presterilize the instruments.
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The first known use of presterilize was in 1900
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