hyperthermia

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) +‎ θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) +‎ -ία (-ía).

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)ˈθɜː(ɹ)miə/

hyperthermia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperthermias)

1. (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, 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.

2. (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.

   Synonym: thermotherapy

• hyperthermic

• fever
• hyperpyrexia

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