sterilizer

English

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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.

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