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pasteurized

 adjective
     
Related topics: Drink, Microbes, Genetics, Biochem
pas‧teur‧ized also pasteurised British English
DFDHBM a liquid, usually milk, that is pasteurized has been heated using a special process in order to kill any harmful bacteria in it
—pasteurize verb [transitive]
—pasteurization noun [uncountable]
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