sterilizer

English

Alternative forms

• steriliser

Etymology

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.

Translations

a device used to sterilize

• Hungarian: sterilizátor
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