(transitive) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

Alternative spelling of pasteurisation

simple past tense and past participle of pasteurize

plural of pasteurizer

A machine or device for pasteurizing something (e.g. milk).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pasteurize

present participle of pasteurize

plural of pasteurization

(dated) The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength. / (dated) pasteurisation

A surname from French. / (usually, when not otherwise specified) Louis Pasteur, a French biologist of the nineteenth century.