(ËstÉr tÉr) n. 1. a person or thing that starts. 2. a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race or the running of a train, elevator, etc. 3. a device that starts an internal-combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand. 4. a person or thing that starts in a race or contest.
Body temperature may be abnormal due to fever (high temperature) or hypothermia (low temperature). A fever is indicated when body temperature rises about one degree or more over the normal temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. Hypothermia is defined as a drop in body temperature below 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
The normal human body temperature is often stated as 36.5â37.5 Â°C (97.7â99.5 Â°F). In adults a review of the literature has found a wider range of 33.2â38.2 Â°C (91.8â100.8 Â°F) for normal temperatures, depending on the gender and location measured.n addition to varying throughout the day, normal body temperature may also differ as much as 0.5 Â°C (0.9 Â°F) from one day to the next, so that the highest or lowest temperatures on one day will not always exactly match the highest or lowest temperatures on the next day.