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Definition of Autoclave

1. Verb. Subject to the action of an autoclave.

2. Noun. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments.

Definition of Autoclave

1. n. A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

Definition of Autoclave

1. Noun. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an '''autoclave'''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autoclave

1. [v -CLAVED, -CLAVING, -CLAVES]

Medical Definition of Autoclave

1. A machine that sterilises instruments or materials with high pressure and heat or pressurised steam. (02 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autoclave

autochthonic autochthonies autochthonism autochthonous autochthonous ideas autochthonous malaria autochthonous parasite autochthonously autochthons autochthony

autocide autocides autoclasia autoclavability autoclavable autoclave (current term) autoclaved autoclaves autoclaving autocleavage

autoclitic autoclitics autocoid autocoids autocollimation autocollimations autocollimator autocollimators autocomplete autocompleted

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