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tʃəˌraɪz, ˈpæs verb (used with object), pas·teur·ized, pas·teur·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.
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pasteurize or pasteurise (ˈpæstəˌraɪz, -stjə-, ˈpɑː-, ˈpæstəˌraɪz, -stjə-, ˈpɑː-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to subject (milk, beer, etc) to pasteurization |
| 2. | rare to subject (a patient) to pasteurism |
| pasteurise or pasteurise | |
| —vb | |
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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.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Example sentences
Wash your hands before eating and avoid food from street vendors and dairy products that have not been pasteurized.
Not all flavor need be wiped out when milk or cream is pasteurized.
Whether the milk is pasteurized depends on the cheese.
One of the decisions they must make is whether to buy pasteurized or unpasteurized juice.
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