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Pasteur

pas·teur

US/pʌˈstur/ rare

noun

1.

French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)

Origin

French pasteur, "shepherd". Doublet of Pastore.

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