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Noun: steriliser  'ste-ru,lI-zu(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: sterilizer)
  1. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
    "The hospital staff placed the surgical tools in the steriliser before the operation";
    - autoclave, sterilizer

Derived forms: sterilisers

Type of: vessel

Encyclopedia: Steriliser