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body temperature

body temperature

47 1.6
The warmth of a person's or animal's body that shows if they are healthy
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑdi ˈtɛmpərətʃər/
translation icon : temperatura corporal
  • The doctor checked his body temperature to see if he had a fever.
  • measure body temperature
  • low body temperature
  • body temperature increases

It's the point at which your core body temperature starts to peak.

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Examples

  • While time of day is one natural occurrence of variation in body temperature, subject sex represents a second.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Since the brain needs to cool down before sleep, your core body temperature starts to drop.

  • And it's the rise in your core body temperature that helps wake you up and bring you out of sleep.

  • But one wants to have your body temperature in a range that still allows you to work hard and perform well.

  • The patient's white blood cell count and body temperature remained normal.

    Academic text (2008)
  • It's the point at which your core body temperature starts to peak.

  • Now your body temperature is perfectly normal.

  • All right, And it's as simple as paying attention to how your body temperature influences your sleep.

  • Your regulatory system is still trying to regain its ability to control body temperature.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • In fact, that's the number one reason why most people can't sleep at night is their body temperature gets too high.

Synonyms

temperature
vsbody temperature
955 1.0

How hot or cold something is

applies only to living people or animals and is used to check health

How Hot

hyperthermia
  • Specialized
2 7.5
fever
390 1.0
body temperature
47 1.6
hypothermia
  • Specialized
41 5.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

body + temperature

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'body' (physical structure of a person or animal) with 'temperature' (level of heat), yielding the temperature of a living organism. This noun‑noun composition is a common, literal construction across languages and in medical contexts, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Body temperature comes from the simple idea that the body gives off heat and temperature is how we measure how hot that heat is. Doctors and nurses measure this heat to see if someone is 'sick', so the phrase means the heat level of a living person.