Definition of "body temperature" []

• The current temperature of the body of a person or animal, especially when used as a simple guide to health. (noun)

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• "In early pregnancy, a high body temperature over 100.4°F or 38°C may cause birth defects in your baby."
• "With each step closer he took, Nias body temperature rose, her heart palpitated, and her hormones betrayed her."
• "The two first lieutenants mounted the steps to the poop, where Sinclair kept his chicken coop, a pen of sheep and goats, and six plump porkers in a mudless sty well shielded from the sun and having a salt water pool so that the pigs could submerge their knees and keep their body temperature down."