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    3. 殺菌

    殺菌

    殺さっ菌きん

    sterilization

    KMT8News #17+1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab21 strokes

    さっきん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    sterilization, sterilisation, disinfection, pasteurization

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    手てを殺さっ菌きんすることは大たい切せつです。

    It is important to sterilize your hands.

    KMT6Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    このスプレーは表ひょう面めんを殺さっ菌きんする効こう果かがあります。

    This spray has the effect of disinfecting surfaces.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    牛ぎゅう乳にゅうは通つう常じょう、低てい温おん殺さっ菌きん処しょ理りが施ほどこされています。

    Milk is usually subjected to pasteurization.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthFood & Dining
    紫し外がい線せんを利り用ようした殺さっ菌きん装そう置ちは、水みず処しょ理り施し設せつで広ひろく使つかわれています。

    Sterilization devices using ultraviolet light are widely used in water treatment facilities.

    KMT8Science & MathTechnology
    医い療りょう現げん場ばでは、器き具ぐの徹てっ底てい的てきな殺さっ菌きんが感かん染せん症しょう予よ防ぼうに不ふ可か欠けつです。

    In medical settings, thorough sterilization of instruments is indispensable for preventing infectious diseases.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
    菌
    germ・fungus・bacteria
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