Temperature

The degree of intensity of heat or molecular vibration. T., Absolute, that reckoned from the absolute zero of temperature, estimated at 2730 below the zero of the Centigrade thermometer. T., Conversion, that at which the decomposition of artificially inactive, asymmetric compounds takes place. T., Morbid, any considerable variation from the normal temperature of the body. T., Normal, the temperature of the body in a state of health 98. 6° F., as estimated by the clinical thermometer. See Thermometer . T. -spots, variations of the heat of the skin, showing a specific end-apparatus arranged in a punctated manner connected with the temperature-sense. Temperature-spots are arranged in a linear manner or in chains, usually slightly curved. Cold-spots, spots where only the sensation of cold will be felt. Hot-spots, where only heat will be felt. Both are anesthetic toward pain and pre ure. The cold-spots are the more abundant.