presterilize
verb
pre·ster·il·ize ˌprē-ˈster-ə-ˌlīz 
variants or pre-sterilize
presterilized or pre-sterilized; presterilizing or pre-sterilizing
transitive verb
: to make (something) sterile in advance
The jars should be presterilized.
They always presterilize the instruments.
presterilization
ˌprē-ˌster-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən
noun or pre-sterilization
presterilization of lab equipment
presterilized adjective
or pre-sterilized
using presterilized containers
Word History
First Known Use
1900, in the meaning defined above
- by air
- by all accounts
- by all appearances
- by all means
- by all odds
- by all outward appearances
- by all reports
- by all rights
- by ambulance
- by and large
- by any means necessary
- by any stretch of the imagination
- by any/no stretch of the imagination
- by appointment
- by blood
- by car
- by chance
- by choice
- by common consent
- by comparison
- by contract
- by contraries
- by contrast
- by day
- by decree