Medical term:
hyperthermy
hyperthermia
[hi″per-ther´me-ah]1. greatly increased temperature; see also fever. Called also hyperpyrexia. adj., adj hyperther´mal, hyperther´mic.
2. a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as the state in which an individual's body temperature is elevated above his or her normal range.
malignant hyperthermia a syndrome affecting patients undergoing general anesthesia, marked by rapid rise in body temperature, signs of increased muscle metabolism, and usually rigidity. The sensitivity is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait.
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hy·per·ther·mi·a
(hī-per-ther'mē-ă),Therapeutically or iatrogenically induced hyperpyrexia.
[hyper- + G. thermē, heat]
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hyperthermia
(hī′pər-thûr′mē-ə)n.
Unusually high body temperature.
hy′per·ther′mal adj.
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hyperthermia
Hyperpyrexia Mainstream medicine A condition defined as a corporal temperature of ≥ 42ºC; the body defends itself with peripheral vasodilation–↓ effective volume, resulting in ↑ pulse rate–a response to perceived blood loss, ↓ cardiac efficiency, hypoxia, ↑ permeability of cell membranes with ↑ potassium, followed by cardiac failure. See Malignant hyperthermia Oncology A type of treatment in which tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill CA cells, or ↑ CA cell sensitivity to RT and chemotherapy. See Induced hyperthermia, Malignant hyperthermia.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
hy·per·ther·mi·a
(hī'pĕr-thĕr'mē-ă, hīpĕr-thĕrmē-ă)Hyperpyrexia, often (but not necessarily) induced therapeutically; denotes bodily state with core body temperature significantly above 98.6°F (37°C); term may indicate temperature sufficiently elevated to cause illness.
[hyper- + G. thermē, heat]
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hyperthermia
See HYPERPYREXIA, MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
hy·per·ther·mi·a
(hī'pĕr-thĕr'mē-ă)Therapeutically or iatrogenically induced hyperpyrexia.
[hyper- + G. thermē, heat]
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