BACTERIZE

bacterize, bacterise

(verb) subject to the action of bacteria

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bacterize (third-person singular simple present bacterizes, present participle bacterizing, simple past and past participle bacterized)

To treat with bacteria.

Source: Wiktionary



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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