Category: T

The ability of a material (e.g., a component of a prosthesis) to stretch in response to changes in temperature.  

The branch of physics concerned with laws that govern the production of heat and its conversion into other forms of energy.  

The use of an injected cold liquid such as sterile saline into the bloodstream and measurement of the temperature change downstream. This technique has been used to determine cardiac output.  

Increased diffusion of a substance as a result of increased heat.  

A device for heating or cooling a part of the body.  

A device used to heat and cool clinical and laboratory specimens rapidly. It is used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays.  

An electric current produced by thermoelectric means.  

Property of a substance reflecting or transmitting portions of thermal radiation and absorbing or altering others.  

The branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of heat and chemical reactions.  

The ability to withstand high temperature.