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    3. 滅菌

    滅菌

    滅めっ菌きん

    sterilization

    NTNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab24 strokes

    減菌

    めっきん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    sterilization, sterilisation

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    Kanji that make up this word

    滅
    ほろ.びる・ほろ.ぶ・ほろ.ぼす…(1)
    destroy・ruin・overthrow・perish
    菌
    germ・fungus・bacteria
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