Pasteurism
Pronunciation : Pas*teur"ism
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Fr. Pasteur, a French scientist.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913