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sterilizer

ste·ri·li·zer

US/ˈstɛrʌˌlaɪzɜr/ uncommon

noun

1.

a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

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From sterilize + -er.

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