Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heat-labile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: heat-la-bile
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of heat labile.

Example Sentences

"It may resemble the factor 5 in Salmonella, a heat-labile determinant on the endotoxin molecule which, because of its superficial location, blocks the agglutination reaction of the deeper heat-stable O antigens in the same way as do the Vi and K antigens."
"A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains."
"A heat-labile UNG is also available that has proven to be more effective in some experiments when RNA is targeted."

Inflected Forms

more heat-labile (comparative) most heat-labile (superlative)

Questions

What does heat-labile mean?: Alternative form of heat labile.

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