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pas⋅teur⋅ize

  [pas-chuh-rahyz, pas-tuh-]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
Also, especially British, pas⋅teur⋅ise.

Origin:
1880–85; Pasteur + -ize

Related forms:
pas⋅teur⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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Barry-Wehmiller Company
Tunnel Pasteurizers for Worldwide Brewing and Beverage Industries
www.barry-wehmiller-company.com
Pasteurization
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www.niroinc.com
Word Origin & History

pasteurize 
1881, after Louis Pasteur (1822-95), Fr. chemist and bacteriologist, who invented the process of heating food, milk, wine, etc., to kill most of the micro-organisms in it; distinguished from sterilization, which involves killing all of them.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pas·teur·ize
Variant: also British pas·teur·ise /'pas-ch&-"rIz, 'pas-t&-/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -ized also British -ised; -iz·ing also British -is·ing
: to subject to pasteurization —pas·teur·iz·er also British pas·teur·is·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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pasteurize pas·teur·ize (pās'chə-rīz', pās'tə-)
v. pas·teur·ized, pas·teur·iz·ing, pas·teur·iz·es
To treat by pasteurization.

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