pasteurize

[pas-chuh-rahyz, pas-tuh-]

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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.

Also especially British, pas·teur·ise.

Origin of pasteurize

First recorded in 1880–85; Pasteur + -ize

Related formspas·teur·i·za·tion, nounsu·per·pas·teur·ized, adjectiveul·tra·pas·teur·ized, adjectiveun·pas·teur·ized, adjective

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Related Words for pasteurized

pristine, wholesome, refined, unadulterated, purified, hygienic, desolate, arid, impotent, barren, antiseptic, infertile, bleak, futile, cream, buttermilk, half-and-half, decontaminate, neuter, disinfect

Examples from the Web for pasteurized

Contemporary Examples of pasteurized

“Pasteurized milk is really not that delicious if you know the taste of raw milk,” he says.
This Book Will Change the Way You Eat
Lucas Wittmann
December 19, 2013

Historical Examples of pasteurized

If there is any doubt of the cleanliness, the milk should be pasteurized.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management
Ministry of Education
Pasteurized milk should not be kept more than a couple of days.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management
Ministry of Education
Milk may be preserved for several days if "pasteurized" or "sterilized."
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)
Various
After the specific amount has been selected, this milk should be pasteurized.
The Book of Cheese
Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
The bottles of milk to be pasteurized are hung in the water in the barrel.
The Book of Cheese
Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

British Dictionary definitions for pasteurized

pasteurize

pasteurise

verb (tr)

to subject (milk, beer, etc) to pasteurization

rare to subject (a patient) to pasteurism

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Word Origin and History for pasteurized

pasteurize

1881, with -ize, after Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French 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. The surname is literally "Pastor." Related: Pasteurized; pasteurizing.

pasteurized in Medicine

pasteurize

[păs′chə-rīz′, păs′tə-]

v.

To treat by pasteurization.