thermostabile, a. Biol.
(θɜːməʊˈsteɪbaɪl)
[f. thermo- + L. stabilis stable a.]
= thermostable a.
| 1908 Practitioner Feb. 249 In the proglottides of tapeworms..there exists a lipoid substance..which..is thermo-stabile and is similar to proteolytic ferment. 1947 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. I. 92 Mottling type strains are more thermostabile than the ringspot type strains. |