autoclave
Meanings
Noun
- A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
Verb
- To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
Adjective
Origin
- Borrowed from French autoclave, formed with prefix auto- + Latin clavis ("key").
Modern English dictionary
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