Taber's Medical Dictionary
temperature
(tem′pĕ(r)-choor″)
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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, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/temperature.
Temperature. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/temperature. Accessed February 21, 2025.
Temperature. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/temperature
Temperature [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 February 21]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/752325/all/temperature.
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