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LOUIS PASTEUR
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• LOUIS PASTEUR (noun)
The noun LOUIS PASTEUR has 1 sense:
1. French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
Familiarity information: LOUIS PASTEUR used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Louis Pasteur; Pasteur
Instance hypernyms:
biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)
chemist (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)
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