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sterilizer|ˈstɛrɪlaɪzə(r)|
[f. sterilize v. + -er1.]
One who, or something which, sterilizes.
1. A substance that renders soil sterile.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 793 [Lime from magnesian limestone] has been unfairly denounced by Mr. Tennent and Sir H. Davy, as a sterilizer.
2. An apparatus for destroying micro-organisms.
1891G. S. Woodhead Bacteria 398 Steam Sterilizer. 1895Arnold & Sons' Catal. Surg. Instrum. 716 Sterilizer for Ligatures. 1898Eva C. E. Lückes Gen. Nursing xi. 144 Schimmelbusch's sterilizer is the one most used for the sterilization of instruments. |