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Definition of Poikilothermic
1. Adjective. Of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment.
Similar to: Cold-blooded
Derivative terms: Poikilotherm, Poikilotherm
Definition of Poikilothermic
1. Adjective. (context: of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poikilothermic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Poikilothermic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Poikilothermic
Literary usage of Poikilothermic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... the poikilothermic Herpesvirus of Channel Catfish Disease (40275) ROGER ...
a cold- led (poikilothermic) herpesvirus system ic eventual possibility of ..."
2. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"poikilothermic animals react differently, the bodily temperature following in
general the surrounding temperature, though with variations. ..."
3. The Clinical Journal (1903)
"Thus, as was shown by Pembrey and Gordon, the embryo chick reacts as a poikilothermic
animal to variations of external temperature, the chicken only ..."
4. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"... OF LAKE MICHIGAN (AFTER WARD) Most fresh-water animals are poikilothermic or
cold-blooded and their temperature varies with the surrounding temperature. ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"Other animals with an inconstant temperature are now correctly called "
poikilothermic " rather than " cold-blooded." Lord Walsingham's conclusions appear ..."
6. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"Hence they are called " poikilothermic," of varying temperature, whereas the
higher Muscular contraction is, in fact, the chief, if not the only, ..."
7. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... the poikilothermic Herpesvirus of Channel Catfish Disease (40275) ROGER ...
a cold- led (poikilothermic) herpesvirus system ic eventual possibility of ..."
8. Text-book of Human Physiology: Including Histology and Microscopical Anatomy by Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker (1905)
"poikilothermic animals react differently, the bodily temperature following in
general the surrounding temperature, though with variations. ..."
9. The Clinical Journal (1903)
"Thus, as was shown by Pembrey and Gordon, the embryo chick reacts as a poikilothermic
animal to variations of external temperature, the chicken only ..."
10. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"... OF LAKE MICHIGAN (AFTER WARD) Most fresh-water animals are poikilothermic or
cold-blooded and their temperature varies with the surrounding temperature. ..."
11. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"Other animals with an inconstant temperature are now correctly called "
poikilothermic " rather than " cold-blooded." Lord Walsingham's conclusions appear ..."
12. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"Hence they are called " poikilothermic," of varying temperature, whereas the
higher Muscular contraction is, in fact, the chief, if not the only, ..."
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