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(tem′pĕ(r)-choor″ )

[L. temperatura, proportion]

1. The degree of hotness or coldness of a substance.


TEMPERATURE REGULATION Effects of changes in body temperature
2. A colloquial term for fever.
SEE: fever

TEMPERATURE REGULATION Effects of changes in body temperature

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Venes, Donald, editor. "Temperature." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/absolute_temperature.
Temperature. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/absolute_temperature. Accessed June 26, 2019.
Temperature. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/absolute_temperature
Temperature [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 June 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/absolute_temperature.
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