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thermophylactic

thermophylactic adjective: that protects against damage by heat.

Adjective

thermophylactic (not comparable)

  1. That protects against damage by heat

Origin of thermophylactic

From thermo- + phylactic.

Questions about thermophylactic

What does thermophylactic mean?
Thermophylactic means that protects against damage by heat.
What part of speech is thermophylactic?
Thermophylactic is an adjective.

Words near thermophylactic in the dictionary

  1. thermophoretically
  2. thermophosphate
  3. thermophotometry
  4. thermophotovoltaic
  5. thermophotovoltaics
  6. thermophylactic
  7. thermophylic
  8. thermophysical
  9. thermophysics
  10. thermophysiological
  11. thermophysiologies

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