PASTEURIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pasteurization mean? 

• PASTEURIZATION (noun)
  The noun PASTEURIZATION has 1 sense:

1. partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

  Familiarity information: PASTEURIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PASTEURIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pasteurisation; pasteurization

Hypernyms ("pasteurization" is a kind of...):

sterilisation; sterilization (the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means))

Derivation:

pasteurize (heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms)

 Context examples 

The risks of disease transmission through açaí consumption outside of the northern region are low, because juice exported to other regions or countries undergo mandatory pasteurization.

(Açaí fruit can transmit Chagas disease, SciDev.Net)