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CALORICITE

\kalˈɔːɹɪsˌa͡ɪt], \kalˈɔːɹɪsˌa‍ɪt], \k_a_l_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌaɪ_t]\

Definitions of CALORICITE

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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The faculty possessed by living bodies of generating a sufficient quantity of caloric to enable them to resist atmospheric cold, and to preserve, at all times and in every part, a temperature nearly equal. See Animal Heat.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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