1. A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
2. Pasteurization.
PASTEURIZATION
Pas*teur`i*za"tion, n.
Defn: A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140º F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.
PASTEURIZE
Pas*teur"ize, v. t.
1. To subject to pasteurization.
2. To treat by pasteurizm.
PASTEURIZER
Pas"teur*iz`er, n.
Defn: One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating and agitating, fluid.
PASTEUR'S FLUID
Pas`teur's" flu"id. (Biol.)