thermolabile, a.
(θɜːməʊˈlæbɪl, -ˈleɪbɪl)
[f. thermo- + labile.]
Liable to destruction at moderately high temperatures, as certain toxins and serums: opposed to thermostable. Hence ˌthermolaˈbility, thermolabile quality.
| 1904 [see thermostable]. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 561 The hæmolysis being due to the co-operation of a thermolabile complement—also called alexin—and thermostable immune body, otherwise amboceptor. Ibid. 563 This thermolabile serum feast preparer is called by Wright and Douglas opsonine. Ibid. 561 Buchner has drawn special attention to the characters of the alexins—their thermolability [etc.]. 1907 Jrnl. Med. Research May 288 (C.D., Suppl.) The digestive ferment of these organs in solution is..thermolabile at 56° C.; the entire extract..is thermolabile at slightly higher temperatures. |