hyperthermia
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English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + -ία (-ía). By surface analysis, hyper- + -therm + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- 2015 December 23, Tiffany Ap and Artemis Moshtaghian, “Neglected boy shut in room with heater on dies of hyperthermia”, in CNN:
- Autopsy results revealed that Braydon was generally malnourished and thin. His cause of death was hyperthermia due to the extreme heat, which would have “caused extreme discomfort and difficulty breathing as he died.”
- 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.
- (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.
- Synonym: thermotherapy
Derived terms
Translations
medical condition
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therapeutic application of heat
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See also
Further reading
hyperthermia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
