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Mesophile etymology

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English word mesophile comes from English -phile, English meso-

Detailed word origin of mesophile

Dictionary entry Language Definition
-phile English (en) Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".
meso- English (en) (chemistry) Designating an achiral member of a group of diastereoisomers that has at least one chiral member. Intermediate. Middle.
mesophile English (en) An organism, especially a microorganism, that lives and thrives at moderate temperatures.

Words with the same origin as mesophile

Descendants of -phile

infracaninophile pedophile siderophile

Descendants of meso-

mesophyll mesosalpinx muon