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direct calorimetry,

the measurement of the amount of heat directly generated by reaction. Compare indirect calorimetry.

calorimetry [kal″o-rim´ĕ-tre]

measurement of the heat eliminated or stored in any system.

direct calorimetry measurement of the amount of heat produced by a subject enclosed within a small chamber.

indirect calorimetry measurement of the amount of heat produced by a subject by determination of the amount of oxygen consumed and the amount of carbon dioxide eliminated.

calorimetry

measurement of the heat eliminated or stored in any system.

direct calorimetry

measurement of heat actually produced by the organism which is confined in a sealed chamber or calorimeter.

indirect calorimetry

estimation of the heat produced by means of the respiratory differences of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the inspired and expired air.

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