| thermostable enzyme | <enzyme> An enzyme that is not readily subject to destruction or alteration by heat. Synonym: heat-stable enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thermostable opsonin | specific opsonin |
| thermostable opsonin test | A test for opsonic activity of antibody in the absence of effect of heat-labile complement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermostat | <physics> A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired. Origin: Thermo- + Gr. To make to stand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermostatic | <physics> Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermosteresis | The abstraction or deprivation of heat. Origin: thermo-+ G. Steresis, deprivation, loss (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermostromuhr | A stromuhr that consists of a heating element between two thermocouples, which are applied to the outside of a vessel; blood flow is calculated from the difference in temperatures recorded by the proximal and distal thermocouples. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermosystaltic | <physiology> Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; said of a muscle. Origin: Thermo- + systalic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermosystaltism | Contraction, as of the muscles, under the influence of heat. Origin: see thermosystaltic (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotactic | Thermotaxic Relating to thermotaxis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotaxic | <physiology> Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system. Origin: Thermo- + Gr. Arrangement. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermotaxis | A directed motile response to temperature. The grex of Dictyostelium discoideum shows a positive thermotaxis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| thermotherapy | Treatment of disease by therapeutic application of heat. Origin: thermo-+ G. Therapeia, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotic | Relating to thermotics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotics | Synonym: thermology. Origin: G. Thermotes, heat (05 Mar 2000) |