body heat
noun
: heat produced in the body of a living animal by metabolic and physical activities
called also animal heat
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Wear a hat, because 40% of your body heat can be lost from your head.
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Dan Basso, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
However, the avian-PB1 virus had no such issue, replicating and causing the same kind of severe illness seen in the mice that hadn't had their body heat turned up.
—New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2025
It’s filled with a cooling gel that ventilates body heat.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Officers pinged his cellphone to figure out his general location and used drones that detect body heat to help locate him.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Nov. 2025
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Dan Basso, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
However, the avian-PB1 virus had no such issue, replicating and causing the same kind of severe illness seen in the mice that hadn't had their body heat turned up.
—New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2025
It’s filled with a cooling gel that ventilates body heat.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
Officers pinged his cellphone to figure out his general location and used drones that detect body heat to help locate him.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body heat
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“Body heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20heat. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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