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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Homoiothermic (0.02303 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Homoiothermic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: homoiothermic homoiothermic adj : of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature [syn: homeothermic, homothermic]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Homoiothermic Homoiothermal \Ho*moi`o*ther"mal\, Homoiothermic \Ho*moi`o*therm"ic\, a. [Gr. ? like + E. thermal.] (Physiol.) Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; h[ae]matothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium. Syn: homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic. [1913 Webster]

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