sterilizer

English

Alternative forms

• steriliser

Etymology

Etymology tree

English sterile

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English sterilize

English -er

English sterilizer

From sterilize + -er.

Noun

sterilizer (plural sterilizers)

1. A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.

   The hospital was in trouble when the sterilizer broke; they almost had to shut down the operating room.

Derived terms

• chemosterilizer

Translations

a device used to sterilize

• Finnish: sterilaattori, sterilisaattori
• French: stérilisateur (fr) m
• Greek: αποστειρωτήρας (el) m (aposteirotíras)
• Hungarian: sterilizátor (hu)
• Italian: sterilizzante (it) m, sterilizzatore m
• Macedonian: стерилизатор m (sterilizator)
• Romanian: sterilizator (ro) m
• Spanish: esterilizador m
• Tok Pisin: strerelaisa