Pertaining to a thermophile.
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ther·mo·phil·ic .thər-mə-'fil-ik also ther·moph·i·lous (.)thər-'mäf-ə-ləs adj of, relating to, or being an organism living at a high temperature <\thermophilic bacteria>
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adj.
describing organisms, especially bacteria, that grow best at temperatures of 48-85°C. Compare mesophilic, psychrophilic.
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ther·mo·phil·ic (thur″mo-filґik) [thermo- + -philic] growing best at or having a fondness for high temperatures. Cf. mesophilic and psychrophilic.Medical dictionary. 2011.