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Temperature
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Reflects the balance of heat roduced and lofrom the body
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Core Temperature
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Temperature of deep tissues
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Surface Temperature
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Temperature of skin, subcutaneous tissue, fat
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BMR
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Rate of metabolism needed to maintain essential life activities
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Radiation
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Transfer of heat from the surface of one object to another without contact between two objects
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Conduction
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Transfer of heat from one molecule to a molecule at a lower temperature - contact must occur
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Convection
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Dispersion of heat by air currents
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Vaporization
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Continual evaporation of moisture from respiratory tract, oral mucosa, & skin
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Febrile/Pyrexia/Hyperthermia
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Fever
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Hyperpyrexia
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A very high fever (105.8 F)
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Afebrile
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Absence of a fever
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Hypothermia
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Core body temperature below the lower limit of normal
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Intermittent Fever
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The body temperature alternates at regular intervals between periods of fever and periods of normal or subnormral temperatures
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Remittent Fever
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A wide range of temperature fluctuations occurs over the 24-hour period, all of which are above normal
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Relapsing Fever
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Short febrile periods of a few days are interspersed with periods of 1 or 2 days of normal temperature
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