Organism Attribute
body temperature
bod·y tem·per·a·ture
Subclass of:
Physiological Phenomena;
Vital signs
Definitions related to body temperature:
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A measurement of the temperature of the body.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Degree of heat in the body of a living organism, temperature is measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The measure of the level of heat of a human or animal.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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