Phys. [a. F. calorification, n. of action f. L. type *calōrificāre: see CALORIFIANT.] The production of heat, esp. in living animal bodies.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 804/2. Calorification is not the only function that may survive what is commonly called death. Ibid. (1859), V. 471/2. All the phenomena of excess of … calorification.
