Arnold sterilizer

noun

Ar·​nold sterilizer

-nᵊl(d)ˈst-

: a sterilizer used for fractional sterilization at 212° F by the free circulation of steam at atmospheric pressure

Word History

Etymology

after Julius Arnold †1915 German pathologist

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