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sterilizer

sterilizer noun: a device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.

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.

sterilizer meaning in Tamil

sterilizer in Tamil

கிருமியழிகருவி, தூய்மையாக்கி, நுண்ணுயிர் நீக்கி

Forms of sterilizer

pluralsterilizers
alternative formsteriliser

Origin of sterilizer

From sterilize + -er.

Words formed from sterilizer

Questions about sterilizer

What does sterilizer mean?
Sterilizer means a device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.
What is sterilizer in Tamil?
Sterilizer in Tamil is கிருமியழிகருவி, தூய்மையாக்கி, நுண்ணுயிர் நீக்கி. See Sterilizer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sterilizer?
Sterilizer is a noun.
What is the plural of sterilizer?
The plural of sterilizer is sterilizers.

Words near sterilizer in the dictionary

  1. sterilizations
  2. sterilize
  3. sterilized
  4. sterilizee
  5. sterilizees
  6. sterilizer
  7. sterilizers
  8. sterilizes
  9. sterilizing
  10. sterino
  11. sterinos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sterilizer (page history and authors); sterilizer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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