a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
{i} person who sterilizes, thing that sterilizes; apparatus used to sterilize surgical instruments; apparatus used to heat substances above the boiling point (also steriliser)
One of three groups of antimicrobials registered by EPA for public health uses EPA considers an antimicrobial to be a sterilizer when it destroys or eliminates all forms of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and their spores Because spores are considered the most difficult form of a microorganism to destroy, EPA considers the term sporicide to be synonymous with "sterilizer "