thermoduric

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adjective

Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process.

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Meanings

adjectivethermoduric (comparative more thermoduric, superlative most thermoduric)

comparative more thermoduric · superlative most thermoduric

  1. Capable of surviving high temperatures such as the pasteurisation process.
nounthermoduric (plural thermodurics)

plural thermodurics

  1. A bacterium capable of surviving high temperatures.

    Thermodurics survive for short periods of time at high temperatures, but they do not grow at high temperatures.

    1993, Marion Eugene Ensminger, Audrey H. Ensminger, Foods & Nutrition Encyclopedia, page 2102
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APA

thermoduric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoduric

MLA

“thermoduric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoduric. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermoduric,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermoduric.

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