thermistor

n. a device used to measure temperatures according to their effects on the electrical resistance of semiconducting materials. Tiny thermistors can be implanted in neurons of nonhuman animals to measure such data as the energy of metabolic activity during nervous-system functions.

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May 8th 2024

extremely low birth weight (ELBW)

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