thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy +
(Greek: heat, hot; warm)
The term heat is employed in ordinary language in different senses. Some scientists distinguish four principal applications of the term:
- Sensation of heat.
- Temperature, or degree of hotness.
- Quantity of thermal energy.
- Radiant heat, or energy of radiation.
Thermopolis
A town located in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
As might be expected from its name and the name of its county, Thermopolis is home to numerous natural hot springs, in which mineral-laden waters are heated by geothermal processes.
It claims the world's largest mineral hot springs as part of "Hot Springs State Park".
The springs are open to the public for free as part of an 1896 treaty signed with the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian tribes.
thermopolium
Directly from Latin, a place where warm drinks are sold.
thermopoly
1. The selling of hot meat.
2. The keeping of a thermopolion; a public house of antiquity where hot liquors were sold.
thermopolypnea, thermopolypneic
1. A quickening of respiration due to great heat or high temperatures.
2. An increased rate of pulmonary respiration due to pyrexia.
3. Rapid breathing due to heat.
thermopoto
Directly from Latin: to refresh with warm drinks.
thermoradiotherapy
A method of treatment that combines the use of ionizing radiation and heat.
It is based on the hypothesis that heat increases the radiosensitivity of tissues.
thermoreception
1. The response of certain differentiated body cells to a rise or fall in body temperature.
2. In entomology, behavior responding to changes in temperature; for example, worker honeybees responding to hotter than usual temperatures by beating their wings to cool the hive.
thermoreceptor
Any nerve ending or other sensory receptor that is specifically sensitive to heat or cold.
thermoregulation, thermoregulator
1. Temperature control, as by a thermostat; heat regulation.
2. The regulation and control of temperature, specifically internal body temperature.
3. The various physiological processes by which the body regulates its internal temperature.
The process by which an organism regulates its internal body temperature which takes place by means of various physiological processes but can also involve behavior; such as, moving away from a condition of extreme heat or cold.
The two most common forms are ectothermic and endothermic regulation.
thermoregulator
A highly accurate and sensitive thermostat.
thermoregulatory center
The hypothalamic center in the body which regulates and controls body heat.
thermoresistance, thermoresistant
Not affected by changing temperatures.
thermoscope
1. An instrument for indicating slight differences of temperature without registering or recording them.
2. An instrument for detecting temperature changes in a substance by observing corresponding volume changes.
3. The earliest known version of a thermometer, developed by Galileo in 1592, using air in a tube instead of liquid.
thermosensitive
Sensitive to heat.
thermosensitivity
Being sensitive to heat.
Thermo Quiz #1 to check your thermo-word knowledge.
Thermo Quiz #2 to check more of your thermo-word knowledge.
Thermo Quiz #3 for additional thermo-words.
Related "heat, hot" word units:
ferv-;
pyreto-.
Related "bubble" word unit:
ebulli-.