| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Pasteur, Louis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Pas·teur |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p s-tûr , pä-stœr |
| DATES: | 1822–1895 |
| French chemist who founded modern microbiology, invented the process of pasteurization, and developed vaccines for anthrax, rabies, and chicken cholera. | | OTHER FORMS: | Pas·teuri·an —ADJECTIVE
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