sterilizer

English

Alternative forms

• steriliser

Etymology

From sterilize +‎ -er.

Noun

sterilizer (plural sterilizers)

1. A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.

   The hospital was in trouble when the sterilizer broke; they almost had to shut down the operating room.

Translations

a device used to sterilize

• Hungarian: sterilizátor (hu)