PASTEUR

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• PASTEUR (noun)
  The noun 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: PASTEUR used as a noun is very rare.

• PASTEUR (noun)

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)

Derivation:

Pasteurian (of or relating to Louis Pasteur or his experiments)

pasteurise; pasteurize (heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms)