autoclave.

1. A sealed apparatus that uses controlled heat and pressure for sterilization or industrial treatment of materials.

2. To sterilize or process something in an autoclave under controlled heat and pressure.

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Words that belong together

• a steam autoclave
• an autoclave chamber
• load an autoclave

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The technician loaded the samples into the autoclave and checked the pressure seal twice.

Inside the hangar, an industrial autoclave cured the new composite panels.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular autoclave; plural autoclaves. Verb forms: autoclave; autoclaves; autoclaved; autoclaved; autoclaving. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: autoclaves.