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a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

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  1. n. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
  2. One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.
  3. One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus forsterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.
  4. n:100 n a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments