(chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment consisting of a simple pipette with a very long, fine nose and a rubber bulb, used to draw small amounts of liquid from a chemical liquid or solution. Often used to separate two phases in a small sample.

plural of Pasteur pipette

An artificial nutrient fluid invented for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

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

(British spelling) 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.

(British spelling) Alternative form of pasteurizer.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pasteurise

simple past tense and past participle of pasteurise

present participle of pasteurise

(pathology) Any disease caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Pasteurella.