Organism Function
thermosensing
Subclass of:
Physiological Phenomena; Esthesia
Definitions related to thermosensing:
  • The sensation of cold, heat, coolness, and warmth as detected by THERMORECEPTORS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (thermoception) The series of events required for an organism to receive a temperature stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Thermoception in larger animals is mainly done in the skin; mammals have at least two types of sensor, for detecting heat (temperatures above body temperature) and cold (temperatures below body temperature).
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • Thermoreception, sensory process by which different levels of heat energy (temperatures) in the environment and in the body are detected by animals. Temperature has a profound influence upon living organisms. Animal life is normally feasible only within a narrow range of body temperatures, with the...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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