[f. THERMO- + GENESIS.] The generation or production of heat, esp. in the animal body.
1891. in Cent. Dict.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 143. The nervous system presides over thermogenesis no less directly than over thermolysis.
1899. Nature, 10 Aug., 360/1. Thermogenesis and use of energy by man in raising and lowering his own weight.
So Thermogenetic, Thermogenic adjs., of or pertaining to thermogenesis; Thermogenous a., produced by or producing heat; Thermorgeny, thermogenesis (Cent. Dict., Suppl., 1909).
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Thermogenus, Min., applied by Haüy to a quartz agate which is deposited near the sources of silicious thermal springs…: thermogenous.
1877. Foster, Phys., II. v. (1878), 377. Indications of the existence of what may be called ‘thermogenic’ nerves and thermogenic nervous mechanisms.
1879. Webster, Suppl., Thermogenous, producing heat.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 151. The thermogenetic chemical processes to which the taking in of food gives rise. Ibid. (1899), VIII. 244. In these children thermogenic powers are deficient.
1898. Salter, trans. Lafar’s Techn. Mycol., I. 165. Thermogenic Bacteria.
