Definition of Thermostable

1. a. Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55° C. without loss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc.

Definition of Thermostable

1. Adjective. Physically or chemically unaffected by high temperatures ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thermostable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermostable

thermoset
thermosets
thermosetting
thermosetting compositions
thermosetting resin
thermosolutal
thermosonimetry
thermosphere
thermospheres
thermospheric
thermospray
thermosprays
thermostabile
thermostabilities
thermostability
thermostable (current term)
thermostable enzyme
thermostable opsonin
thermostable opsonin test
thermostat
thermostated
thermostatic
thermostatically
thermostatics
thermostating
thermostatistic
thermostatistical
thermostatistics
thermostats
thermostatted

Literary usage of Thermostable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Immunity and Specific Therapy by Walter d'Este Emery (1909)
"thermostable opsonin occurs in minute traces in normal serum, since the index is never ... The second question arises, Assuming thermostable opsonin is ..."

2. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser (1918)
"Does this definitely exclude the identity of this thermostable opsonic ... a proof that the normal thermostable opsonic constituent is different from normal ..."

3. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser, Stewart Woodford Young (1914)
"Does this definitely exclude the identity of this thermostable opsonic substance and sensitizer ? It is indeed an argument against identification, ..."

4. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"The full activity of the immune opsonin depends, as can be seen, from the above experiments, upon a thermostable and a thermolabile element, ..."

5. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"The full activity of the immune opsonin depends, as can be seen, from the above experiments, upon a thermostable and a thermolabile element, ..."

6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1902)
"The thermo- labile substance becomes destroyed by prolonged heating, already at 60° C , while the thermostable substance can stand a heat of 90° C. and more ..."

7. Intracellular Enzymes: A Course of Lectures Given in the Physiological by Horace Middleton Vernon (1908)
"This seems to show that ptyalin consists of a specific thermostable substance, without independent activity, and a non-specific kinase or complement, ..."

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