thermophilic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der.

English thermo-

English -philic

English thermophilic

From thermo- + -philic.

Adjective

thermophilic (comparative more thermophilic, superlative most thermophilic)

1. (biology) Of or relating to a thermophile; living and thriving at relatively high temperatures.

Antonyms

• psychrophilic, cryophilic

Derived terms

• acidothermophilic
• hyperthermophilic
• nonthermophilic
• thermophilically
• thermophilicity

Translations

living at high temperatures

• Finnish: termofiilinen
• Greek: θερμόφιλος (el) (thermófilos), θερμοφιλικός (el) (thermofilikós)
• Polish: ciepłolubny (pl)
• Portuguese: termófilo