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thermolabile

[ thur-moh-ley-bil, -bahyl ]

adjective

Biochemistry.
  1. subject to destruction or loss of characteristic properties by the action of moderate heat, as certain toxins and enzymes ( thermostable ).


thermolabile

/ ˌθɜ˳¾É™ÊŠËˆ±ô±ðɪ²úɪ±ô /

adjective

  1. (of certain biochemical and chemical compounds) easily decomposed or subject to a loss of characteristic properties by the action of heat Compare thermostable

    a thermolabile enzyme

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù³ó±ð°ù·³¾´Ç·±ô²¹Â·²ú¾±±ô·¾±Â·³Ù²â [thur-moh-l, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of thermolabile1

First recorded in 1900–05; thermo- + labile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of thermolabile1

C20: from thermo- + labile
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Desislava Nikolova, health editor for Bulgarian newspaper Capital Weekly, reportedly complained, "Bulgarian authorities knew, for a while now, exactly when the first vaccines were arriving. It perplexes me why the government needed to use a hot dog truck instead of a vehicle licensed for distribution of thermolabile medicines."

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The separate action of these substances can be studied since one is thermolabile, or destroyed by heating the serum to one hundred and thirty-three degrees; the other thermostabile, or capable of withstanding a greater degree of heat.

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The thermostabile substance, or amboceptor, as it is generally called, has in itself no destructive action on the bacteria; but in some way so alters them that they can be acted on by the thermolabile substance called complement whose action is destructive.

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