Also known as: Calor nativus, Innate heat, Vital heat, Natural heat
A vitalistic concept in pre-modern medicine and natural philosophy, referring to the innate warmth of a living organism that drives digestion, growth, and life itself. It was often contrasted with elemental heat and linked to the spiritus or pneuma.
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