sterile environment

collocation in English

meaningsofsterileandenvironment

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sterile
adjective
uk
/ˈster.aɪl/us
/ˈster.əl/
(of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofsterileandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Experiments provide asterileenvironmentto test theory by controlling confounding factors.
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The resulting space may be physiologically warm but it is psychologically cold and above all intellectually barren - asterileenvironment.
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This surface sterilization procedure was adopted after several less rigorous combinations failed to retain asterileenvironmentbeyond 2 weeks.
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Theatres are sometimes used for medical procedures requiring asterileenvironment; some minor operations are performed outside a theatre.
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There will be nothing to attract tourism and recreation, including boat hiring, in a degraded andsterileenvironment.
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More and more natural play space has been eroded away to be replaced by a hostile,sterileenvironmentof brick and concrete.
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They were controlled, and operated in asterileenvironment; their businesses were well run and efficient.
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You thereby produce an almoststerileenvironment.
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In addition, this technique is costly (several thousand dollars per procedure) and requires a skilled physician and asterileenvironmentfor catheter insertion.
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Any time that the human body is opened, it must be performed in asterileenvironment, in order to prevent infection.
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The blood is normally asterileenvironment, so the detection of bacteria in the blood (most commonly accomplished by blood cultures) is always abnormal.
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Because of the immune-suppressed status of the children, asterileenvironmentis maintained as much as possible.
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Pegaptanib has to be administered to the designated patient by an ophthalmologist in asterileenvironment.
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White cell counts were found to decrease as a result of few immunological stimuli in thesterileenvironment.
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Ted thereafter was placed in asterileenvironmentfor his safety, and died in 1980 at the age of 17.
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Saarinen did not believe in forced symmetry because it created an artificial andsterileenvironment.
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Colebrook established the practice of placing the patients in a nearsterileenvironment.
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Rodents raised in asterileenvironmentand lacking in gut flora need to eat 30% more calories just to remain the same weight as their normal counterparts.
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The colon is not asterileenvironmentas many bacteria live in the colon to assure the well-functioning of the bowel and therefore the risk of infections is very low.
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You could live in it, make food in the stove, take care of your personal hygiene, and, most importantly, give birth in an almoststerileenvironment.
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