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Definition of Sterilizer
1. Noun. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments.
Specialized synonyms: Digester, Pressure Cooker
Generic synonyms: Vessel
Derivative terms: Autoclave, Sterilise, Sterilize
Definition of Sterilizer
1. n. One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.
Definition of Sterilizer
1. Noun. A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sterilizer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterilizer
Literary usage of Sterilizer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1901)
"A Bunsen burner having three jets will commonly be required to keep the water in
ebullition and the upper part of the steam sterilizer filled with "live ..."
2. Diseases of infancy and childhood: Their Dietetic, Hygienic, and Medical by Louis Fischer (1908)
"You can tell by a bubbling sound that the sterilizer is working all right.
If the water is not bubbling with regularity inside, you need more heat. ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1895)
"BOECKMAN OVER-STEAM AND HOT-AIR SURGICAL sterilizer. ... For my own part, I have
no confidence in any form of sterilizer that gives a temperature of only ..."
4. A Manual of Bacteriology by Herbert Upham Williams (1908)
"A great improvement upon the ordinary Arnold sterilizer is the modit'ica- ...
With a large Arnold sterilizer a temperature of 100° C. may not be reached ..."
5. Condensed Milk and Milk Powder: Prepared for the Use of Milk Condenseries by Otto Frederick Hunziker (1918)
"When the cans are piled into the sterilizer six to twelve layers deep without
any free air space between layers, the cans in the center do not receive as ..."
6. The Diseases of Women: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by John Bland-Sutton, Arthur Edward Giles (1897)
"sterilizer. The sterilizer.—A convenient and portable form for sterilizing
instruments is ... Convenient form of sterilizer. copper and stands on four legs, ..."
7. Disinfection and Disinfectants: A Practical Guide for Sanitarians, Health by Milton Joseph Rosenau (1902)
"This form of sterilizer, as ordinarily sold on the market, ... SECTION THROUGH
AN ARNOLD STEAM sterilizer. The sterilizer may be heated on the kitchen fire, ..."
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