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BLOOD HEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
Synonyms:
blood heat; body temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("blood heat" is a kind of...):
temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
vital sign (sign of life; usually an indicator of a person's general physical condition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood heat"):
basal body temperature; basal temperature (body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything)
