blood heat

1 5.5

The normal temperature of the human body, about 37°C or 98.6°F

noun
/blʌd hiːt/

Archaic

: temperatura corporal

The human blood heat typically remains around 98.6°F.

Examples

The medicine should be given at blood heat to ensure comfort for the patient.
The water was warmed to blood heat before adding the yeast.
Her skin was cool, not at blood heat as it should have been.
Doctors measure blood heat to assess health.
Doctors measure blood heat to assess the normal temperature of the body.
The human blood heat is maintained around 98.6°F for optimal health.
A temperature below blood heat can indicate potential health issues.

Synonyms

temperature

vsblood heat

∞ 1.0

How hot or cold something is

is specific to the normal human internal heat level used in medicine or literature

body temperature

vsblood heat

42 1.6

The warmth of a person's or animal's body that shows if they are healthy

is focused on the normal human internal value rather than any reading

normothermia

vsblood heat

Specialized

8.2

A normal body temperature

is a less technical, medical or literary expression for the same idea

Antonyms

coldness

7 1.0

A feeling or condition of low temperature

Surface Forms

blood heat singular

blood heats plural

Morphology

blood + heat

The constituents 'blood' and 'heat' transparently point to the warmth associated with blood/body temperature, so a learner could plausibly infer a meaning like body temperature. However, 'blood heat' is an uncommon or somewhat technical/archaising collocation in English (native speakers prefer 'body heat' or 'body temperature'), so a B1 learner who knows the words may not reliably map it to the precise medical/literary sense without exposure.

Etymology

Blood heat may come from the simple image of warm blood giving a living body its heat. So saying something is at 'body temperature' or at Blood heat means it is warmed to the body's normal warmth, making it comfortable or safe.