# Sterilisation in English: sterilization – dental dictionary

> "Sterilisation" in English: sterilization. Hygiene & prevention; with spelling variants, synonyms and the sources behind each entry.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/sterilisation  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:24:52Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/sterilisation.md

**Sterilisation** = **sterilization**

- **English (US):** sterilization
- **English (UK):** sterilisation
- **Category:** Hygiene & prevention

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D013242 · Sterilization / Sterilisierung (MeSH main heading)): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D013242](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D013242)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Sterilisation](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilisation), [en.wikipedia.org: Sterilization (microbiology)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_%28microbiology%29), [Wikidata Q191618](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191618)
- Wiktionary translation table (verification only): [en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sterilization](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sterilization)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.