灭菌

Traditional form:

滅菌

Pinyin (reading):

mièjūn

Definitions:

• to sterilize

Characters:

• 灭 - to extinguish; to wipe out
• 菌 - mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe

Traditional characters:

• 滅 - to extinguish; to wipe out
• 菌 - mushroom; bacteria, germ, microbe