hyperthermy

Thân thiện

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

Definition

Noun: * Abnormally high body temperature: A medical condition characterized by a core body temperature significantly above the normal range (typically >37.5–38.3 °C or 99.5–100.9 °F). It is a state of elevated temperature caused by failed thermoregulation, where the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate. This condition can be dangerous and is distinct from a fever (pyrexia), which is a regulated upward shift in the body's temperature set point.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Prolonged exposure to a hot environment can lead to hyperthermy.
  • The patient was treated for hyperthermy after showing signs of heat stroke.
  • In some medical therapies, controlled hyperthermy is intentionally induced.

Advanced Usage

• Therapeutic Hyperthermy: The deliberate, controlled induction of elevated body temperature as a medical treatment, often used in oncology to damage or kill cancer cells.
  • Research is being conducted on the efficacy of hyperthermy as an adjunct to radiation therapy.

Variants and Related Words

• Hyperthermia (n): The more common and preferred synonym for "hyperthermy" in modern medical terminology. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but "hyperthermia" is standard.
• Hyperthermic (adj): Relating to or characterized by hyperthermy.
  • The patient was in a hyperthermic state.

Synonyms

• Heat illness: A broader term encompassing conditions caused by overexposure to heat, including hyperthermy.
• Overheating: A general, non-medical term for becoming too hot.

Antonyms

• Hypothermia (n): Abnormally low body temperature.
• Normothermia (n): Normal body temperature.

Học thuật

Noun

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

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