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English
Etymology
From ectotherm + -ic.
Adjective
ectothermic
- (zoology) Of or relating to an ectotherm; having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature.
- Synonyms: cold-blooded, poikilothermic, exothermic
- Antonyms: endothermic, warm-blooded
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to ectotherm; having an unregulated body temperature
— see also endothermic
- Arabic: بَارِد الدَّم m (bārid ad-dam)
- Belarusian: эктатэрмічны (ektatermičny), халаднакроўны (xaladnakróŭny), халоднакроўны (xalodnakroŭny)
- Bulgarian: студенокръвен (studenokrǎven)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 冷血的 (zh) (lěngxuè de)
- Danish: koldblodig
- Dutch: koudbloedig (nl)
- Estonian: kõigusoojane, poikilotermne
- Finnish: vaihtolämpöinen
- French: poïkilotherme (fr), à sang froid (fr)
- Georgian: ცივსისხლიანი (ka) (civsisxliani)
- German: wechselwarm (de), poikiloterm, kaltblütig (de)
- Greek: εξωθερμικός (el) (exothermikós), ψυχρόαιμος (el) (psychróaimos)
- Hungarian: hidegvérű (hu)
- Japanese: 冷血の (ja) (れいけつの, reiketsu no)
- Kazakh: салқын қанды (salqyn qandy)
- Korean: 냉혈의 (naenghyeorui)
- Latvian: aukstasiņu, poikilotermisks
- Malay: berdarah sejuk, berdarah dingin
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kaldblodig, vekselvarm
- Nynorsk: kaldblodig, vekselvarm
- Polish: zmiennocieplny (pl)
- Portuguese: de sangue frio, ectotérmico (pt)
- Romanian: poichiloterm (ro)
- Russian: эктоте́рмный (ektotérmnyj), холоднокровный (ru) (xolodnokrovnyj), пойкилотермный (ru) (pojkilotermnyj)
- Spanish: de sangre fría
- Swedish: växelvarm (sv), kallblodig (sv)
- Thai: เลือดเย็น (lʉ̂ʉat-yen)
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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