(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.
Most people think of a normal body temperature as an oral temperature of 98.6Â°F (37Â°C) . This is an average of normal body temperatures. Your temperature may actually be 1Â°F (0.6Â°C) or more above or below 98.6Â°F (37Â°C) .Also, your normal body temperature changes by as much as 1Â°F (0.6Â°C) throughout the day, depending on how active you are and the time of day.he average normal temperature is 98.6Â°F (37Â°C) . But normal varies from person to person. Your temperature will also vary throughout the day, usually being lowest in the early morning and rising as much as 1Â°F (0.6Â°C) in the early evening.