normothermic

English

WOTD – 10 March 2012

Etymology

From normothermia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nɔːməˈθɜːmɪk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /nɔɹmoʊˈθɝmɪk/

Adjective

normothermic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Having a normal body temperature
   • 2011, Korkut Uygun, Charles Y. Lee, Methods in Bioengineering: Organ Preservation and Reengineering, →ISBN, page 3:

     In contrast to cold preservation, the concept of normothermic preservation is to maintain the cellular metabolism.

Derived terms

• subnormothermic

Related terms

• normothermia

Translations

having normal body temperature

• Finnish: normaalilämpöinen
• French: normothermique
• German: normotherm
• Italian: normotermico
• Russian: нормотермический (normotermičeskij)