Bloodheat

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The temperature of the body of a living mammal. uncountable

    "From this, you may judge of the enervating effect of this climate, being 5 deg. above bloodheat, and if it were always so, it would be indeed unbearable […]"

Example

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"From this, you may judge of the enervating effect of this climate, being 5 deg. above bloodheat, and if it were always so, it would be indeed unbearable […]"

Etymology

From blood + heat.

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