autoclave
a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments • Syn: sterilizer, steriliser • Derivationally related forms: sterilise (for: steriliser), sterilize (for: sterilizer) • Hypernyms: vessel • Hyponyms: digester, pressure cooker
subject to the action of an autoclave • Hypernyms: sterilize, sterilise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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