sterilizer

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sterilizer

noun sterilizers · steriliser

  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.

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noun a device used to sterilize

Españolesterilizador
Françaisstérilisateur
Italianosterilizzante, sterilizzatore
Ελληνικάαποστειρωτήρας aposteirotíras
Românăsterilizator

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@misc{sterilizer_2026,
  title = {sterilizer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sterilizer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}