caloricityn.
/kaləˈrɪsɪti/ Biology.
The faculty in living beings of developing heat so as to maintain nearly the same temperature at all times.
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calorification1835
caloricity1836
thermotaxis1891
thermolysis1896
homoeothermism1903
temperature-regulation1927
thermoregulation1927
homoeothermy1961
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 651/1 Caloricity or the power of evolving caloric.
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