Medical Equipment Sterilization Terms

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noun the vapor into which water is converted when heated, forming a white mist of minute water droplets in the air

verb to emit steam or vapor

  • The steam engine revolutionized transportation during the Industrial Revolution.
  • I love watching the steam rise from a hot cup of tea.
  • Let's blow off some steam by going for a run.
  • The tension between them was palpable, like steam building up in a pressure cooker.