hyperthermia
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Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + -ία (-ía).
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hyperthermia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperthermias)
- (pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment.
- Synonym: heatstroke
- Antonym: hypothermia
- 2020, Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future[1], Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
- Hyperthermia, that's just a word. The reality is different. You can't breathe. Sweating doesn't work. You're being roasted, like meat in an oven, and you can feel that.
- (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.
- Synonym: thermotherapy
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medical condition
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therapeutic application of heat
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- hyperthermia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia