thermal death point

noun

: the temperature at which all organisms of a culture will be killed by heat either instantaneously or within an arbitrary brief finite period

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“Thermal death point.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/thermal%20death%20point. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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