Pasteurism(n.) A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
Pasteurism(n.) Pasteurization.
Pasteurization(n.) 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., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.
Pasteurize(v. t.) To subject to pasteurization.
Pasteurize(v. t.) To treat by pasteurism.
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