noun
high-pressure steam sterilization; autoclave sterilization
Technical term used in medical, laboratory, and industrial contexts for sterilizing equipment and materials with pressurized steam.
医療器具は高圧蒸気滅菌で処理される。
Medical instruments are processed by high-pressure steam sterilization.
この培地は高圧蒸気滅菌が必要です。
This culture medium requires autoclave sterilization.
Compound of 高圧 (high pressure), 蒸気 (steam), and 滅菌 (sterilization). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern technical coinage.