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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ho·moio·ther·mic /hoˌmɔɪə/ 形容詞
 恆溫的,體溫恆定的,調溫的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ho·moi·o·ther·mal, Ho·moi·o·therm·ic a.  Physiol. Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually  above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.
 Syn: -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 homoiothermic
      adj : of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high
            body temperature [syn: homeothermic, homothermic]