The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
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A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140? F., t…
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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
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The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t…
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To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.
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To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.
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