| caloric i. |
the food ingested or otherwise taken into the body.
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| caloric n. |
rotatory nystagmus induced by irrigating the ears with warm or cold water or air; see caloric test, under test.
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| caloric q. |
the quotient obtained by dividing the heat evolved (expressed in calories) by the oxygen consumed (expressed in milligrams) in a metabolic process.
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| caloric t. |
(for ocular and vestibular functioning): irrigation of the normal ear with warm water produces rotatory nystagmus (caloric nystagmus) toward the irrigated side; irrigation with cold water produces similar nystagmus away from that side. Called also Bárány's t., sign, or symptom and nystagmus t.
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| caloric density |
Calories per gram of food. The number of calories in a given mass of food influences hunger and feeding behaviors in animals and humans. When a limited amount of food is available, foods of higher caloric density are more likely
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