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 Ho·moi·o·ther·mal, Ho·moi·o·therm·ic a.  Physiol. Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually  above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; 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.
 Syn: -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic.
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