patuero
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to sterilise, disinfect, fumigate, sanitise.
I tautokona e ngā āpiha a te Tari o te Ora ngā tikanga whakahaere hei whakakāhore i ngā iroiti, ahakoa te whakahē a ngā tākuta ngaio i te hiahia kia whakamahia aua tikanga whakahaere rā i te wā e whānau mai ana te tamaiti, me tō rātou māharahara ki te nui o te moni e whakapaua ana ki te patuero i ngā taputapu (TTR 1996:144). / Health Department officials supported the use of aseptic techniques, although medical professionals disagreed over their necessity at the time of childbirth, and they had concerns over the expense of sterilising the equipment.
2. (modifier) sterilising, sanitising, disinfecting, fumigating.
Nā ana āpiha i hanga ētehi taputapu patuero (TTR 1996:144). / His officials made some sterilisers.
3. (noun) antiseptic, disinfectant.
