Etymology

pasteurisation

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French pasteurisation
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  1. French · derived frompasteurisation
  2. English todaypasteurisation

From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur.

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