'Sterilizer' definitions:
Definition of 'sterilizer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments [syn: autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser]
Definition of 'Sterilizer'
From: 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]