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Body Temperature Changes

Medical Definition:	Significant alterations in temperature of the human body, above or below 98.6 degrees F. or 37 degrees C. when taken orally.
Guide Notes:	not used for indexing
Previously Indexed:	Body Temperature (1966-1997)

Body Temperature Changes Categories.

	Fever - An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process.
	Hypothermia - Lower than normal body temperature, especially in warm-blooded animals; in man usually accidental or unintentional.

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