autoclavation

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noun

Treatment in an autoclave.

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Meanings

nounautoclavation (plural autoclavations)

plural autoclavations

  1. Treatment in an autoclave.

    Substrates and acetate were added separately as 50% autoclaved solutions after autoclavation of the medium.

    2015 July 7, Elleke F Bosma et al., “Establishment of markerless gene deletion tools in thermophilic Bacillus smithii and construction of multiple mutant strains”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI

Origin

From autoclave + -ation.

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APA

autoclavation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclavation

MLA

“autoclavation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclavation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoclavation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclavation.

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