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BODY TEMPERATURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
Synonyms:
blood heat; body temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("body temperature" is a kind of...):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
vital sign (sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "body temperature"):
basal body temperature; basal temperature (body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything)
Context examples:
Your body temperature can rise to dangerous levels and you can develop a heat illness.
(Heat Illness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process.
(Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A fever is a body temperature that is higher than normal.
(Fever, NIH)
The result is hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature.
(Hypothermia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
That means expending minimal amounts of energy through a reduced metabolic rate, dramatic regulation of body temperature, and navigating the world in slow motion.
(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)
Brown fat, in contrast, burns chemical energy to create heat and help maintain body temperature.
(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)
Brown fat, in contrast, burns energy to create heat and help maintain body temperature.
(Nanoparticles target, transform fat tissue, NIH)
The elevation of body temperature in a pregnant mother above 38 degrees C or more than 101 degrees F, and may be indicative of an infection.
(Maternal Fever, NCI Thesaurus)
It causes medical problems including: • Making your body temperature so high that you pass out • Severe itching • "Meth mouth" - broken teeth and dry mouth • Thinking and emotional problems
(Methamphetamine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
A rare disorder characterized by rapid rise of the body temperature, accompanied by rhabdomyolysis and, if untreated, by collapse and death.
(Malignant Hyperthermia Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
