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homeothermal

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ho⋅me⋅o⋅ther⋅mal

  [hoh-mee-uh-thur-muhl]
Use homeothermal in a Sentence
–adjective
homoiothermal.
Origin:
1865–70; homeo- + thermal

Related forms:
ho⋅me⋅o⋅ther⋅my, ho⋅me⋅o⋅ther⋅mism, noun

ho⋅moi⋅o⋅ther⋅mal

  [hoh-moi-uh-thur-muhl, hoh-moi-]
–adjective
having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermal ).
Also, homeothermal, homothermal.

Origin:
1865–70; homoio- + thermal

Related forms:
ho⋅moi⋅o⋅ther⋅my, ho⋅moi⋅o⋅ther⋅mism, noun
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