temperature

(tem’per-at-iir) [L. tem peraty’ra}. The degree of sensible heat or cold. absolute t., that which is reckoned from the absolute zero of —273° C. body-t., the temperature of the body. critical t., a temperature below which a gas may be reduced to liquid form by pre ure. t.-curve, a curved or broken line exhibiting the variations of the bodily temperature in a given period. maximum t., in bacteriology, the temperature above which growth does not take lace. mean t., the average temperature in a locality for a given period of time. miinimum t., in bacteriology, temperature below which growth does not take place. no’ t., that of the human body in health, or 08.6° Ε. This is maintained in health by the thermotaxic nerve-mechanism, which keeps up a balance between the thermogenetic, or heat-producing, and the thermolytic, or heat-dispelling, proce es. optimum t., the temperature most favorable to the development of cultures of a given species of microérganism. room t., the ordinary temperature of a room, 65°-80° Ε. t.-sense. See sense. Subnormal t., temperature below the normal, zero-t., that state in which there is in an end-organ no sensation of either warmth or cold. temple (tem’pl) [L. temp us; pl. tem’por a). The lateral region of the head above the zygoma.