HYPERPYREXIA

hyperpyrexia

(noun) extremely high fever (especially in children)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

hyperpyrexia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperpyrexias)

(medicine) An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.

Source: Wiktionary

Hy`per*py*rex"i*a, n. Etym: [NL. See Hyper-, and Pyrexia.] (Med.)

Definition: A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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