HYPERTHERMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperthermy mean? 

• HYPERTHERMY (noun)
  The noun HYPERTHERMY has 1 sense:

1. abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)

  Familiarity information: HYPERTHERMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERTHERMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hyperthermia; hyperthermy

Hypernyms ("hyperthermy" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperthermy"):

hyperpyrexia (extremely high fever (especially in children))