psychrophilic

English

Etymology

From psychro- +‎ -philic.

Adjective

psychrophilic (not comparable)

Especially of certain bacteria: capable of living at relatively low temperature.
Synonyms: cryophilic, cryophilous

Antonyms: cold-sensitive, cryosensitive, psychrosensitive

Derived terms

Translations

Translations

Finnish: psykrofiilinen
French: psychrophile (fr)
German: psychrophil (de)
Portuguese: psicrófilo

See also

extremophile

Further reading

psychrophilic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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