Biology
- I'll Karyote On Homeostasis And Organization Further
Cell organization v. homeostasis -cell homeostasis is where there is appropriate internal environment. The plasma membrane forms a cytoplasmic compartment, which maintains homeostasis by allowing cells to exchange materials with their environment. Organelles...
- Thermoscope
Term: thermoscope Literally meaning: ?that which observes the temprature?Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm, to heat)+ ??????/scopeo(=aim, look at, observe) Coined/HistoryThe Italian physicist and astromer Galileo Galilei...
- Hyperthermia
Term: hyperthermia Literally meaning:Origin: Anc Greek????-/hyper-(= prefix meaning something is excessive, above normal) +??????/thermos(=warm)Coined/History(?)DefinitionHypothermia is abnormally high body temperature often caused by illnesses,...
- Endothermic
Term: endothermicOrigin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????/thermos(=warm)>????/ thero(=heat) >?????/thallo(=feed)Marcellin Berthelot (1827 ?1907)Literally means? within-heating? Coined(chem) The term was coined by French chemist and politician...
- Why Can?t We Just Go With The Flow? ? The High Cost Of Heating
Biology concepts ? endothermy, ectothermy, poikilothermy, thermoregulation So you are lying in bed, cold and hungry, contemplating living like a monk just so you can have more time to live like a monk (see last week?s post on increasing life span via...
Biology
poikilothermy
Term: poikilothermy
Origin: Anc Greek
????????/poikilos(=variant)
??????/thermos(=warm)
>????/ thero(=heat)
>?????/thallo(=feed)
Literally means "various-heating?
Definition
(biol) Poikilothermy is in general the capasity of an organism to vary the internal body temprature according to temprature of external environment. Ectothermy is also thermoregulation but this is generated only by internal means of metabolism.
The opposite of homoethermy is homeothermy.
- I'll Karyote On Homeostasis And Organization Further
Cell organization v. homeostasis -cell homeostasis is where there is appropriate internal environment. The plasma membrane forms a cytoplasmic compartment, which maintains homeostasis by allowing cells to exchange materials with their environment. Organelles...
- Thermoscope
Term: thermoscope Literally meaning: ?that which observes the temprature?Origin: Anc Greek??????/thermos(=warm) >????/thero(=to warm, to heat)+ ??????/scopeo(=aim, look at, observe) Coined/HistoryThe Italian physicist and astromer Galileo Galilei...
- Hyperthermia
Term: hyperthermia Literally meaning:Origin: Anc Greek????-/hyper-(= prefix meaning something is excessive, above normal) +??????/thermos(=warm)Coined/History(?)DefinitionHypothermia is abnormally high body temperature often caused by illnesses,...
- Endothermic
Term: endothermicOrigin: Anc Greek????/endo(=inside, within)??????/thermos(=warm)>????/ thero(=heat) >?????/thallo(=feed)Marcellin Berthelot (1827 ?1907)Literally means? within-heating? Coined(chem) The term was coined by French chemist and politician...
- Why Can?t We Just Go With The Flow? ? The High Cost Of Heating
Biology concepts ? endothermy, ectothermy, poikilothermy, thermoregulation So you are lying in bed, cold and hungry, contemplating living like a monk just so you can have more time to live like a monk (see last week?s post on increasing life span via...