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Autoclave

/ˈɔtəˌkleɪv/

A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

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noun

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A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.

verb

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To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.

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sterilizernoun	A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.
sterilizationnoun	(uncountable) The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
sterilizeverb	(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.
coolnoun	A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
chambernoun	A room or set of rooms, particularly:
cylindernoun	Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
renderingnoun	The act or process by which something is rendered.
chemiclavenoun	A form of autoclave, used to sterilize surgical instruments, that incorporates steam, alcohol and formaldehyde under pressure.
autoclavationnoun	Treatment in an autoclave.
steam digesternoun	An early kind of autoclave.
water bathnoun	An analogous piece of equipment used in a kitchen (especially a commercial kitchen), to cook food or to keep it hot.
accumulatornoun	(literal) One who, or that which, accumulates.
retortnoun	A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
air bathnoun	The exposure to fresh air, especially when naked or nearly naked.
compressed-air bathnoun	(medicine, historical) A strong metal chamber in which a patient can sit, and into which air is driven by a steam engine to any required pressure; an obsolete form of physical therapy.
vacreatornoun	A machine that carries out pasteurisation under vacuum.
waterbathnoun	Alternative form of water bath. [A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.]
steamnoun	The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase (at or above its boiling point temperature).
water-bathnoun	Alternative spelling of water bath. [A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.]
calcinernoun	A device or container in which calcination takes place.