Medical Subject Headings

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Id	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013242 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013242
Preferred Name	Sterilization
Definitions	The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means.
Type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

definition	The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means.
prefLabel	Sterilization
type	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
tui	T058
TERMUI	T038883
TH	NLM (1966)
MMR	20110624
notation	D013242
Inverse of RO	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D061352
Semantic type UMLS property	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/STY/T058
Inverse of AQ	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000331 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000379 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000706 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000941 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000592 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000295 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000458 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000639 See more See less
FX	D061352
DX	19660101
cui	C0038280
DC	1
MN	N06.850.780.200.450.850
AN	of the environment, not sexual; differentiate from DISINFECTION: DISINFECTION renders matter free of pathogens, STERILIZATION destroys all microbes; if in doubt, use the word of the text
AQL	CL EC ES HI IS LJ MT OG SN ST TD
MDA	19990101
subClassOf	http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D017053

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