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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles needing additional references, Laboratory equipment, Articles with short description, Medical equipment
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autoclave  sterilizer  steriliser  autoclavation  autoclave sterilizer
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A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments WordNet 3.0
English:
industrial
medical
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A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An autoclave is a machine used to carry out industrial and scientific processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure in relation to ambient pressure and/or temperature. Wikipedia
Pressure chamber used to sterilize equipment and supplies. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Utilized to process parts and materials under pressure, as in curing Wikipedia Disambiguation
Lab equipment that uses steam, pressure and time to sterilize lab media including glassware, instruments and biological waste Wikidata
A pressurized device designed to heat aqueous solutions above their boiling point at normal atmospheric pressure to achieve sterilization. OmegaWiki
A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc. Wiktionary
A device used to sterilize. Wiktionary (translation)
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The hospital was in trouble when the sterilizer broke; they almost had to shut down the operating room. Wiktionary
IS A
vessel
pressure vessel
HAS KIND
digester
pressure cooker
pressure cooking
DERIVATION
autoclave
sterilize
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Charles Chamberland
REPLACES
steam digester
USE
sterilization
food preservation
USES
vapor
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser
Wikipedia
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autoclave
Wikidata
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autoclave
Wiktionary
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sterilizer
OmegaWiki
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autoclave
Wikipedia Redirections
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autoclavation, Autoclave (industrial), autoclaves, autoclaving, Downward displacement, Hydroclave, Hydroclaves, industrial autoclave, steam sterilizer, steriliser, Sterilisers, sterilizer, sterilizers
Wikidata Alias
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autoclave sterilizer, autoclaves, lab sterilizer, steam sterilizer

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