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sterilizer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sterilizer has 1 sense
- sterilizer(n = noun.artifact) autoclave, steriliser - a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments; Array has particulars: digester, pressure cooker
is a kind of vessel
Derived form verb sterilize1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sterilizer, n.
One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing equipment or an organic fluid. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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