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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pasteurização

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pasteurizazão

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pasteurization/ˌpæstʃəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A pasteurização do leite elimina microrganismos patogênicos."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of heating a food, usually a liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time in order to kill harmful bacteria without significantly changing its composition.

    "Pasteurization of milk helps to prevent the spread of diseases like tuberculosis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Named after Louis Pasteur, the French chemist and microbiologist who invented the process in 1864, combined with the suffix -ization.

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