body temperature
noun
: the normal temperature of the human body
A person's normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 37 degrees Celsius.
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Share [Findings] Depression in humans is correlated with higher body temperature, and cold-water swimming mitigates menopause symptoms.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024
The dinosaur had defensive spikes on its tail and distinct bony plates along its back, which may have been used for species recognition or regulating body temperature.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
When Rupa Basu was pregnant with her second child, her body temperature felt out of control — particularly as her third trimester began in the summer of 2007.
—Virginia Gewin, Vox, 30 May 2024
Not only were the perches where the urban lizards spent much of the day hotter than the perches of the forest lizards, but the body temperature of the urban lizards was higher, too.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024
The dinosaur had defensive spikes on its tail and distinct bony plates along its back, which may have been used for species recognition or regulating body temperature.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
When Rupa Basu was pregnant with her second child, her body temperature felt out of control — particularly as her third trimester began in the summer of 2007.
—Virginia Gewin, Vox, 30 May 2024
Not only were the perches where the urban lizards spent much of the day hotter than the perches of the forest lizards, but the body temperature of the urban lizards was higher, too.
—Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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“Body temperature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20temperature. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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