hyperthermia
IPA: haɪpɝθˈɝmiʌ
noun
- (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.
- (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.
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Examples of "hyperthermia" in Sentences
- This can result in hyperthermia.
- It is a kind of hyperthermia therapy.
- Hyperthermia through electric fan use.
- Hyperthermia is a temp above the set point.
- This is the energy used in magnetic hyperthermia.
- Heat stroke and hyperthermia are not the same thing.
- Her death was a result of hyperthermia and pneumonia.
- The differential diagnosis is similar to that of hyperthermia.
- Complications include hypertension, hyperthermia, and tachycardia.
- The reversibility of hyperthermia on semen quality in infertile men.
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