Temp vocab

malaise

A vague sense of body discomfort, weakness, and fatigue often marking the onset of a disease and continuing through the course of the illness

Fahrenheit scale

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 32° and the boiling point of water is 212°

Disinfectant

An agent used to destroy disease-producing microorganisms but not necessarily their spores (usually applied to inanimate objects)

Radiation

The transfer of energy, such as heat, in the form of waves

Febrile

Pertaining to fever

Hyperpyrexia

An extremely high fever

Axilla

The armpit

Hypothermia

A body temperature that is below normal

Antipyretic

An agent that reduces fever

Convection

The transfer of energy, such as heat, through air currents

Afebrile

Without fever; the body temperature is normal

Frenulum lingual

The midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth

Crisis

A sudden falling of an elevated body temperature to normal

Conduction

the transfer of energy from one object to another by direct contact

Fever

A body temperature that is above normal (pyrexia)

Celsius scale

A temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0° and the boiling point of water is 100°