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Definition of Heterothermic

1. Adjective. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.

Medical Definition of Heterothermic

1. Having partial regulation of body temperature; between poikilothermic and homeothermic. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterothermic

Literary usage of Heterothermic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"These thermometers were indispensable in the antarctic regions, because of the heterothermic condition of the water, and on this trip they were used for the ..."

2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"Since heating or cooling by radiation tends to produce a stratification of still water according to temperature, or a heterothermic condition, in which the ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"... to Galloway the water was usually highly heterothermic, ie, the temperature varied greatly from surface to bottom. Only at the period of the annual ..."

4. Activities in Support of Two-Year College Science, Mathematics, Engineering by Robert F. Watson (1995)
"... CA 91754-6001 RUI: Control of Ventilation and Acid-Base State in heterothermic Mammals PI: Joseph Szewczak ..."

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