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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Generation or production of heat, especially by physiological processes.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The production of heat; specifically, the production of heat in the human body by physiological processes.

Wiktionary

  1. n. biology The generation of heat in an organism, especially by biochemical means

Etymologies

  1. thermo- + -genesis (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Typically, fat that isn’t burned to produce body heat is stored on our hips, thighs, stomach, and so on the body-heat process is called thermogenesis.”

    Simon & Schuster: You: On a Diet

  • “Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt, a professor of human biology at the Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, estimates that boosting the body's heat-generating ability, a process known as thermogenesis, could help people burn as much as 5% to 10% additional calories.”

    The Wall Street Journal: A New Way to Lose Weight?

  • “This phenomenon is called adaptive thermogenesis, which is defined as increase or decrease in energy expenditure in response to overfeeding or underfeeding or even temperature change.”

    Metabolic efficiency | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

  • “I suspect there is a lot of energy required there and it has to come from somewhere… who knows, there may be a connection between that and increased thermogenesis, that is worth tackling too.”

    Protein Power verses Intermittent Fasting | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.

  • “By accelerating the breakdown of released fats, your body generates heat, also known as thermogenesis, which ultimately leads to increased calorie burning.”

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  • “Brown fat's role in heat generation, also known as thermogenesis, has been extensively studied by animal physiologists.”

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  • “Green Tea works my increasing your "thermogenesis" which is the heat production your body makes.”

    eHow - Health How To's

  • “This process is called dietary induced thermogenesis.”

    The Huffington Post: Foods That Can Rev Your Metabolism

  • “The scientific term for fidgeting—nonexercise activity thermogenesis NEAT for short—was coined in a study conducted at the Mayo Clinic, which concluded that someone who fidgets can burn up to 350 calories more a day than someone who is stationary.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Small Change Diet

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  • qroqqa In the minutes before entering the water, Pugh recalls these emotions and is able to raise his core temperature, without doing any physical exercise, to 38.4°C. That's an extraordinary 1.4°C above his normal body temperature. Such "anticipatory thermogenesis" has been observed before, but not to such a high degree.
    New Scientist, 21 Feb. 2009 Mar 22, 2009

  • bilby That's why I'm cuddly and warm. Nov 8, 2008

  • whichbe Generation or production of heat, esp. in the animal body. Aug 21, 2008

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