Homoiothermal - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition homoiothermal

Definition :

Maintaining a uniform body temperature usually above the ambient temperature haeligmatothermal homothermic warm blooded applied to warm bodied animals such as birds and mammals because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air in distinct from the cold blooded poikilothermal animals whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium