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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Typically, your body temperature decreases as your body prepares for sleep.
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Amy Kwan, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
After several days of care, Sly's body temperature returned to a safe range, and he was allowed to return home, where playtime on the ice is now forbidden.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Perhaps our body temperature isn’t 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit — or at least not anymore.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
But investigators became suspicious upon learning the child’s body temperature was 107 degrees.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Amy Kwan, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2025
After several days of care, Sly's body temperature returned to a safe range, and he was allowed to return home, where playtime on the ice is now forbidden.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Perhaps our body temperature isn’t 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit — or at least not anymore.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
But investigators became suspicious upon learning the child’s body temperature was 107 degrees.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body temperature
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“Body temperature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20temperature. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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