Body Temperature

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
BT
Pronunciation
/ˈbɑdi ˈtɛmpərəʧər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Body temperature can fluctuate if you are ill.
  2. Abnormally low or high body temperature effect a variety of physiologic responses including lowered metabolic rate.
  3. Concurrent with the rise in body temperature is the development of leukopenia.
  4. The normal response to a drop in body temperature is peripheral vasoconstricition.
  5. Traditionally the vital signs include pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and body temperature.

Other meanings of BT