thermolabile

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   (chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat

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Questions about thermolabile

What does thermolabile mean?

thermolabile means "(chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat".

How many syllables are in thermolabile?

thermolabile has 5 syllables and divides as ther-mo-la-bi-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is thermolabile a common word?

thermolabile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.