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heatlabile

A form of heat labile — Not heat stable; that breaks down at high temperatures.

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Meanings

adjectiveheatlabile (comparative more heatlabile, superlative most heatlabile)

comparative more heatlabile · superlative most heatlabile

alternativeAlternative form of heat labile.
The antigen determinant of ACT-1 was heatlabile and sensitive to pepsin.
1988, The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, page 250
2 more examples
As summarized in table 5, the emulsion of normal mouse lung contains two kinds of inhibitor, the one is heatstable and the other heatlabile.
1951, Nagoya Journal of Medical Science - Volume 14, Issue 5, page 66
Immune serum could block the cytopathology; a heatlabile factor was required.
2018, Douglas P. Fine, Complement Infectious Diseases

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APA

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