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AUTOCLAVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autoclave mean?
• AUTOCLAVE (noun)
The noun AUTOCLAVE has 1 sense:
1. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
Familiarity information: AUTOCLAVE used as a noun is very rare.
• AUTOCLAVE (verb)
The verb AUTOCLAVE has 1 sense:
1. subject to the action of an autoclave
Familiarity information: AUTOCLAVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
autoclave; steriliser; sterilizer
Hypernyms ("autoclave" is a kind of...):
vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autoclave"):
digester (autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested)
pressure cooker (autoclave for cooking at temperatures above the boiling point of water)
Derivation:
autoclave (subject to the action of an autoclave)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: autoclaved
Past participle: autoclaved
-ing form: autoclaving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to the action of an autoclave
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "autoclave" is one way to...):
sterilise; sterilize (make free from bacteria)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
autoclave (a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments)
Context examples
This substance does not break down in an autoclave (a device that uses steam under high pressure to sterilize medical and laboratory supplies and equipment).
(Autoclave-resistant factor, NCI Dictionary)
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