| A | B |
|---|
| Sterilization | Destroying all forms of microbial life. |
| Disinfection | Destroying vegetative pathogens on an object or material. |
| Antisepsis | Destroying vegetative pathogens on skin, mucous membranes or other living tissue. |
| Germicide | Chemical agent that rapidly kills microbes but not necessarily their endospores. |
| Germistasis | Inhibition of growth |
| Asepsis | Prevention of the entry of pathogens into the body. |
| Degerming | Removal of transient microbes from the skin by mechanical cleansing. |
| Sanitation | Reduction of pathogens on eating utensils to safe public health levels. |
