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... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Physical Examination > Vital Signs > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Estivation
Physiological Phenomena > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Estivation
Physiological Phenomena > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Estivation
... > Biological Phenomena > Adaptation, Biological > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Estivation
Physiological Phenomena > Homeostasis > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Estivation

Preferred term

Estivation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Aestivation

Note

  • animal only; winter dormancy = HIBERNATION

Scope note

  • In certain living species, a period of dormancy during the summer months marked by decreased metabolism.

History note

  • 91(66); was see under ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL 1966-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004956

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