calorifacient
adjEtymology From calori- + -facient.
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Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Dated heat-producing; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
adj
Etymology From calori- + -facient.
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Dated heat-producing; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
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