Body Temperatures
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Normal body temperature | 97-99 (degrees Fahrenheit) |
| Average body temperature | 98.6 (degrees-Fahrenheit)-37(degrees, celsius) |
| Pyrexia (fever) | body temperature 100.4 (degrees) Fahrenheit-A temperature greater than, indicates a fever |
| Low grade fever | 99 (degrees Fahrenheit)-100.4 (degrees Fahrenheit)-Body temperature falls between |
| hyperpyrexia | 105.8 (degrees Fahrenheit, or greater)-Temperature greater than, is a serious condition. |
| Fatal temperature | 109.4 (degrees Fahrenheit). |
| Hypothermia | 97 (degrees Fahrenheit)-Temperature less than, classified as subnormal; this means that the heat the body is losing is greater thatn the heat it is producing. |
| Fatal | 93.2 (degrees Fahrenheit)-A person usually cannot survive with a lesser temperature |
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