pasteurisation
Meanings
noun
- Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
Word forms
Etymology
From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.
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