calori-, calor-, calo-, cal-, cale-

The study and science of heat.

Therapeutic puncture with hot needles; ignipuncture: The procedure of caloripuncture has not been performed since the 1980s when the advent of laser techniques came into use providing better control of the delivery of energy.

An instrument used to measure the caloric value of infant food preparations.

Caloric value refers to the heat that evolves when a food is burned or metabolized; that is, the chemical processes that occur within a living cell or organism which are necessary for the maintenance of life.