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thermophilia

thermophilia noun: the ability to thrives at relatively high temperatures.

Noun

thermophilia (uncountable)

  1. The ability to thrives at relatively high temperatures.

Origin of thermophilia

From thermo- + -philia.

Questions about thermophilia

What does thermophilia mean?
Thermophilia means the ability to thrives at relatively high temperatures.
What part of speech is thermophilia?
Thermophilia is a noun.

Words near thermophilia in the dictionary

  1. thermoperiods
  2. thermophaser
  3. thermophasers
  4. thermophile
  5. thermophiles
  6. thermophilia
  7. thermophilic
  8. thermophilically
  9. thermophilicity
  10. thermophilin
  11. thermophilins

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