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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

Literary usage of Autoclave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"autoclave. Horizontal form. a gas or alcohol flame until red- hot, ... autoclave Sterilization. — In order to effect immediate sterilization of ..."

2. Water Purification Plants and Their Operation by Milton Frederick Stein (1920)
"The autoclave. This is used for sterilizing agar, gelatin, broth, and dilution bottles, ... The autoclave is provided with a pressure gage, a thermometer, ..."

3. The Grant and Validity of British Patents for Inventions by James Roberts (1903)
"366): " In my judgment it is my duty to read the plain direction given in the specification, which is ' to heat in an autoclave,' which are plain and simple ..."

4. Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis: A Manual for the by Harvey Washington Wiley (1897)
"The autoclave is a strong metal ... In the figure a portion of the FIGURE 47. autoclave FOR STARCH ANALYSIS. ..."

5. Soil Biology; Laboratory Manual by Albert Lemuel Whiting (1917)
"autoclave. — The autoclave represents sterilization by moist heat under pressure. It is by far the most satisfactory means of sterilization for most media, ..."

6. Laboratory work in bacteriology by Frederick George Novy (1899)
"By means of the autoclave it is possible to have a sterile medium in ... The following directions should be closely observed when using an autoclave: 1. ..."

7. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1915)
"THE autoclave.—The advantage of this method is so well recognized that its use has practically superseded the intermittent method with live steam, ..."

8. Manual of bacteriology by Robert Muir (1899)
"It is effected in an autoclave (Fig. 4). This ^ is a gun-metal cylinder on legs, the top of which is ... autoclave. a. Safety valve. b, Blow-off pipe. c. ..."

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