animal heat

English

Noun

animal heat (uncountable)

1. (sciences, now historical) The heat generated in the body of a living animal. [from 17th c.]
   • 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 130:

     [T]he work on animal heat, also strongly influenced by Priestley, led to the oxidation-respiration papers by Lavoisier and his collaborators, Laplace and Seguin.