sterilization - CISMeF

Preferred Label : sterilization;

MeSH definition : The destroying of all forms of life, especially microorganisms, by heat, chemical, or other means.;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Sterilization (medicine);

MeSH annotation : 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;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization (medicine);

Details

Origin ID

D013242;

UMLS CUI

C0038280;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Autoclave, device (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Infertility [NCIt concept]
- Is sterile (attribute) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Lap sterilisation [MedDRA LLT]
- Prednisone [NCIt concept]
- Stenosed (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sterilant (physical object) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sterile [NCIt concept]
- Sterile (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sterilisation [HPMULTI term]
- Sterility [PASCAL descriptor]
- Sterility [MedDRA LLT]
- Sterility (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Sterilization [DeCS]
- Sterilization female [ICPC-2 Rubric]
- Sterilizers [ICD-11 Extension code]
- autoclave [SNOMED Notion]
- autoclave [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- birth control [MedlinePlus Topic]
- infertility [MedlinePlus Topic]
- sterility, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- sterilization [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- sterilizer [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- tubal ligation [MedlinePlus Topic]
- vasectomy [MedlinePlus Topic]
False automatic mappings
- sterilization [Disease (Nov.)]
Ne pas confondre avec
- sterilization, reproductive [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- sterilization [MeSH concept]
See also
- Cannery [DeCS]
- Sterilized Water [DeCS]
- pasteurization [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- disinfection [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Sterilization [NCIt concept]

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