Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Commonly used in medicine, the word decubitus is used to mean lying down. It is derived from the Latin verb âdecumbereâ meaning to lie down.
The brain regulates metabolism and manages other functions to keep your body temperature within a normal range. But the brain can only do so much, and a host of outside factors can affect your body temperature. Controlling and managing these outside factors is key to maintaining a normal body temperature.
Our body regulates the temperature according to different circumstances and seasons. Normal body temperature is 98.2ÂºF or 36ÂºC and the normal fluctuation in this temperature may be 97.0ÂºF or 36.1ÂºC on the lower scale and 100.0ÂºF or 37.8ÂºC on the upper scale.Any temperature above and below the limits may be a result of some complications.hen the temperature of our surroundings is more than the body temperature, our body tends to lose heat to maintain the inner body temperature. In this process, the sweat glands expand and release the excess heat from your body to the surface of the skin, in the form of sweat.