| thermitase | <enzyme> From thermoactinomyces vulgaris; very broad specificity; inhibited by peptide diazomethyl ketones Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: microbial serine protease thermitase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| thermo- | <prefix> A combining form meaning warm or heat; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic. Origin: Gr. Qermh = heat, qermos = hot (29 Oct 1998) |
| thermoacidophiles | Archaebacteria that grow in hot sulfur springs at low pH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermoalgesia | High sensibility to heat; pain caused by a slight degree of heat. Synonym: thermoalgesia. Origin: therm-+ G. Algesis, sense of pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermoanalgesia | Loss of the temperature sense or of the ability to distinguish between heat and cold; insensibility to heat or to temperature changes. Synonym: ardanesthesia, thermanalgesia, thermanesthesia, thermoanalgesia. Origin: thermo-+ G. An-priv. + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermoanesthesia | Loss of the temperature sense or of the ability to distinguish between heat and cold; insensibility to heat or to temperature changes. Synonym: ardanesthesia, thermanalgesia, thermanesthesia, thermoanalgesia. Origin: thermo-+ G. An-priv. + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermobarometer | <physics> An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water. Origin: Thermo- + barometer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermobattery | A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile. Origin: Thermo- + battery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermocauterectomy | Removal of tissue by thermocautery. Origin: thermocautery + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermocautery | <surgery> Cautery by the application of heat. Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor. Origin: Thermo- + cautery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermochemic | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermochemical | <chemistry> Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermochemical conversion process | Chemical reactions employing heat to produce fuels. (05 Dec 1998) |
| thermochemistry | That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions. Origin: Thermo- + chemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermochroic | 1. Relating to thermochrose. 2. Exerting a selective action on heat rays. (05 Mar 2000) |