hyperthermia

Thân thiện

A patient is being monitored for hyperthermia in a hospital room.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Abnormally high body temperature: A medical condition characterized by a core body temperature significantly above the normal range, typically as a result of failed thermoregulation.
   • Therapeutically induced state: A state of elevated body temperature sometimes deliberately induced as part of a medical treatment, such as for certain cancers.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The hiker was treated for hyperthermia after collapsing in the desert heat.
  • The clinic specializes in hyperthermia as an adjunct therapy for oncology patients.

Advanced Usage

• "Malignant hyperthermia": A specific, severe, and often hereditary reaction to certain anesthetic drugs, causing a rapid and dangerous rise in body temperature and muscle rigidity.

  • The surgical team was prepared for a potential case of malignant hyperthermia.

• "Local hyperthermia": A treatment where heat is applied to a very specific area of the body, such as a tumor.

  • Local hyperthermia was used to target the cancerous tissue directly.

Variants and Related Words

• Hyperthermic (adj): Relating to or characterized by hyperthermia.

  • The patient was in a hyperthermic state.

• Hyperthermy (n): A less common synonym for hyperthermia.

Synonyms

• Heatstroke: A severe and life-threatening form of hyperthermia caused by prolonged exposure to high temperatures.
• Pyrexia: A medical term for fever, which is a regulated form of elevated body temperature, distinct from the dysregulation in hyperthermia.

Antonyms

• Hypothermia: Abnormally low body temperature.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hyperthermy