heat-stable

A form of heat stable — That does not break down at high temperatures.

Meanings

adjectiveheat-stable (comparative more heat-stable, superlative most heat-stable)

comparative more heat-stable · superlative most heat-stable

  1. alternativeAlternative form of heat stable.

    It is heat- stable, water soluble, dialyzable, and resistant to low temperatures.

    1957, Ellicott McConnell, The Production by Bacillus Thuringiensis Berliner of a Heat-stable Substance Toxic for Insects, page 42
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    An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.

    2012, Gerald T. Keusch, “Invasive Bacterial Diarrheas”, in Lincoln Chen, editor, Diarrhea and Malnutrition, page 54

    These results are in accordance with the observations of Pirani et al., who found that in normal pregnancy there was no correlation between serum heat-stable alkaline phosphatase activity and crude baby weight or placental weight.

    2018, A.S. Curry, Biochemistry of Women Methods, page 241
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