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Homeotherm
A homeotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is endotherm. Those of us who are homeotherms or endotherms are as opposed to a poikilotherm (an organism such as a frog that is cold-blooded) and a stenotherm (a creature that can only survive only within a very narrow temperature range). Homeotherm is all Greek. The "homeo-" comes from the Greek "homo" meaning "the same" + "-therm" comes from the Greek "therme" meaning "heat" = the same heat.
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Any of the animals, including mammals and birds, that tend to maintain a constant body temperature. SYN: hematherm, warm-blooded animal. [homeo- + G. thermos, warm]

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ho·meo·therm 'hō-mē-ə-.thərm or ho·moio·therm hō-'mȯi-ə- n a warm-blooded animal called also homotherm

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ho·meo·therm (hoґme-o-thurm″) [homeo- + Gr. thermē heat] an animal that exhibits homeothermy; a so-called warm-blooded animal, as opposed to a poikilotherm.

Medical dictionary. 2011.