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Thermic adj. Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

Thermic balance. See Bolometer.

Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke.

Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat.

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Etymology of 'Thermic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thermic" Quotes from Famous Books

... lowering of tension in the arteries and an acceleration in the movement of the heart. These conditions may be produced by a primary irritation of the nerve centers of the brain from the effects of heat, as is seen in thermic fever, or sunstroke, or by the entrance into the blood stream of disease-producing organisms or their chemical products, as in ...

— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture

... parasitic and non-parasitic. Parasitic skin diseases are caused by animal and vegetable parasites. Non-parasitic skin diseases are caused by irritation to the skin and internal causes. Irritation to the skin may be either chemical, thermic or mechanical. The internal causes may be due to an individual predisposition together with digestive disturbances and the eating of feeds too rich in protein. In this chapter parasitic skin diseases produced by insects ...

— Common Diseases of Farm Animals • R. A. Craig, D. V. M.

Words linked to "Thermic" : caloric, thermal, thermic fever