• Hyperthermia

    Full definition of hyperthermia

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    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.
    2. (medicine) The therapeutic use of applying heat to a patient.

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