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hyperthermia Med.|haɪpəˈθɜːmɪə|
Also in anglicized form hyperthermy |ˈhaɪpəθɜːmɪ| (rare).
[f. hyper- 5 + Gr. θέρµη heat + -ia1.]
The condition of having a body temperature substantially above the normal either as a result of natural causes or artificially induced (e.g. for therapeutic purposes).
1886Syd. Soc. Lex., Hyperthermy. 1887A. M. Brown Contrib. Animal Alkaloids 143 Intoxication by the extractive matters is accompanied by hyperthermia. 1898Nature 24 Nov. 95 Researches on lesions of the nervous centres produced by hyperthermy. 1921F. A. Welby tr. Luciani's Human Physiol. V. ii. 82 Billroth..found that the temperature rose to 42·2° after fracture of the sixth cervical vertebra; in a similar case Simon observed a hyperthermia of 44°. 1935Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 18 May 1788/2 As with all other forms of treatment for chronic infectious arthritis, the results of hyperthermia depend to a marked extent on the duration and activity of the disease. 1941Virginia Med. Monthly Mar. 158/1 It was decided to give the patient another period of hyperthermy, but in view of the attack of substernal pain a medical check-up was requested. 1971New Scientist 15 July 133/2 The gazelles..cannot withstand desiccation to the extent that camels do, and do not show the same degree of hyperthermia. 1971L. B. Rowell in E. Simonson Physiol. Work Capacity & Fatigue vii. 149 Hyperthermia will be accompanied by high rates of sweat loss and dehydration.
So hyperˈthermic a. [cf. Gr. ὑπέρθερµος overwarm], of or exhibiting hyperthermia.
1896Allbutt Syst. Med. I. 154 The ‘hyperthermic’ state produced by puncture [of the brain] is found to differ from true febrile pyrexia. 1898W. S. L. Barlow Man. Gen. Path. x. 434 The symptoms presented by a hyperthermic animal when its temperature is reaching a dangerous height are those of severe distress, respiration and pulse are accelerated, and the animal lies outstretched. 1948[see hypothermic a.]. |