thermoduric

[ thur-muh-door-ik, -dyoor-ik ]

adjectiveBacteriology.
  1. (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.

Origin of thermoduric

1
1930–35; thermo- + Latin dūr(āre) to last + -ic

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