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evaporative cooling
Cooling of the skin resulting from the evaporation of sweat on its surface. In hot dry environments, this is normally the most significant mechanism by which the human body loses excess heat.
- Sõnaliik: noun
- Valdkond/domeen: Anthropology
- Category: Physical anthropology
- Company: Palomar College
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