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thermoregulation
(redirected from Body temp)

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thermoregulation /ther·mo·reg·u·la·tion/ (-reg″u-la´shun) the regulation of heat, as of the body heat of a warm-blooded animal.thermoreg´ulatory
ther·mo·reg·u·la·tion (thûrm-rgy-lshn)
n.
Maintenance of a constant internal body temperature independent of the environmental temperature.
thermo·regu·la·tory (-rgy-l-tôr) adj.
thermoregulation
the physiological process controlling the balance between heat production and heat loss in the body so as to maintain body temperature; a function of a center in the hypothalamus. A lesion in that location can produce a central hyperthermia or hypothermia.


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