thermotaxisn.
/θəːməʊˈtaksɪs/ 1. Physiology. That function of the nervous system on which the normal temperature of the body depends; the regulation of the bodily heat.
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calorification1835
caloricity1836
thermotaxis1891
thermolysis1896
homoeothermism1903
temperature-regulation1927
thermoregulation1927
homoeothermy1961
1891 in Cent. Dict.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 150 It may be assumed that thermotaxis is conducted by a ‘centre’ or ‘centres’.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 156 What they do not prove is that fever is nothing more than a disorder of thermotaxis.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 341 The tuber cinereum, which he regards as the true centre of thermotaxis.
2. Biology. Movement or stimulation in a living body caused by heat: cf. taxis n. 6.
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thermotaxis1900
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Thermotaxis, changes produced by warmth.
1902 Max Verworn in Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 715/1 Cases of directive stimulation..have been designated..positive or negative Chemotaxis, Phototaxis, Thermotaxis, Galvanotaxis, and so forth.
Derivatives
thermoˈtaxic adj. = thermotactic adj.
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thermotaxic1877
thermosystaltic1895
thermotactic1896
1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (1878) ii. v. 378 This at first sight looked like the indication of a thermotaxic mechanism, rendered inactive by the condition of fever.
1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermotaxic, same as Thermotactic.
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