thermogenesis
(θɜːməʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs)
[f. thermo- + -genesis.]
The generation or production of heat, esp. in the animal body.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 143 The nervous system presides over thermogenesis no less directly than over thermolysis. 1899 Nature 10 Aug. 360/1 Thermogenesis and use of energy by man in raising and lowering his own weight. |
So thermogeˈnetic, thermoˈgenic adjs., of or pertaining to thermogenesis; thermogenous (-ˈɒdʒɪnəs) a., produced by or producing heat; therˈmogeny, thermogenesis (Cent. Dict., Suppl. 1909).
| 1860 Mayne Expos. Lex., Thermogenus, Min., applied by Haüy to a quartz agate which is deposited near the sources of silicious thermal springs..: thermogenous. 1877 Foster Phys. ii. v. (1878) 377 Indications of the existence of what may be called ‘thermogenic’ nerves and thermogenic nervous mechanisms. 1879 Webster Suppl., Thermogenous, producing heat. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 151 The thermogenetic chemical processes to which the taking in of food gives rise. 1899 Ibid. VIII. 244 In these children thermogenic powers are deficient. 1898 Salter tr. Lafar's Techn. Mycol. I. 165 Thermogenic Bacteria. |