Sterilizer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sterilizer \Ster"il*i`zer\, n.
     One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for
     sterilizing equipment or an organic fluid.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sterilizer
       n : a device for heating substances above their boiling point;
           used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical
           instruments [syn: {autoclave}, {steriliser}]