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Preferred term

body temperature

Is replaced by

body temperature

Definition

[D. Cuesta] Body temperature is a classical diagnostic tool for a number of diseases. However, it is usually employed as a plain binary classification function (febrile or not febrile), and therefore its diagnostic power has not been fully developed... , "[S. F. Tsai] Body temperature is a basic vital sign of the human body, and the use of infrared ear thermometersfor medical diagnosis and health management on human bodies has been widespread nowadays. To gaincredibility and confidence in the usage of IR ear thermometers, a standard blackbody source (BBS)with a calibration traceable to ITS-90 is necessitated...

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Entry terms

bodies temperature
body temperatures
BT

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0148

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 3/21/22

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