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bloodheat

bloodheat noun: the temperature of the body of a living mammal.

Noun

bloodheat (uncountable)

  1. (largely obsolete) The temperature of the body of a living mammal.
    • From this, you may judge of the enervating effect of this climate, being 5 deg. above bloodheat, and if it were always so, it would be indeed unbearable […]1825, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 137, page 5
    • Warmth, if less than bloodheat would cool the body quickly, by dilating the superficial capillaries, and allowing rapid conduction, while, at the same time, there is further heat abstraction in the consequent increase of more than one secretion.1870, British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, volume 46, page 147

Origin of bloodheat

From blood + heat.

Questions about bloodheat

What does bloodheat mean?
Bloodheat means the temperature of the body of a living mammal.
What part of speech is bloodheat?
Bloodheat is a noun.

Words near bloodheat in the dictionary

  1. bloodguiltiness
  2. bloodguiltless
  3. bloodguilty
  4. bloodhead
  5. bloodheads
  6. bloodheat
  7. bloodhorn
  8. bloodhorse
  9. bloodhorses
  10. bloodhound
  11. bloodhounding

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