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Pasteurian

Pasteurian adjective: of or relating to Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.

Adjective

Pasteurian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.

Origin of Pasteurian

From Pasteur + -ian.

Questions about Pasteurian

What does Pasteurian mean?
Pasteurian means of or relating to Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.
What part of speech is Pasteurian?
Pasteurian is an adjective.

Words near Pasteurian in the dictionary

  1. Pasteur pipettes
  2. Pasteur's fluid
  3. pasteurellacean
  4. pasteurelloses
  5. pasteurellosis
  6. Pasteurian
  7. pasteurisable
  8. pasteurisation
  9. pasteurisations
  10. pasteurise
  11. pasteurised

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