pasteurizing

Variant of pasteurize

pasteurize definition

pas·teur·ize (pas′c̸hər īz′, -tər-)

transitive verb pasteurized -·ized′, pasteurizing -·iz′·ing

to subject (milk, beer, etc.) to pasteurization

Etymology: Fr pasteuriser, after Louis Pasteur + -iser, -ize

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