normothermicadj.
/ˌnɔːmə(ʊ)ˈθəːmɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɔrmoʊˈθərmɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to normothermia; exhibiting or occurring at normal body temperature.
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normothermic1949
1949 L. G. Herrmann Passive Vascular Exercises iii. 100 We found that an environmental temperature of 20°C (68°F) could be termed the normothermic point since there was..no evidence of either vasodilatation or vasoconstriction.
1960 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 199 163/1 The heart was cooled while maintaining the rest of the body normothermic.
1974 Nature 22 Feb. 568/2 The destruction of cells by growth of virus may also be different in hypothermic and normothermic conditions.
1993 Jrnl. Trop. Pediatrics 39 7/2 Comparing these five normothermic babies with the six who were hypothermic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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