hyperpyrexia

American  

[hahy-per-pahy-rek-see-uh] / ˌhaɪ pər paɪˈrɛk si ə /

noun

Pathology.

1. an abnormally high fever.

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hyperpyrexia British  

/ ˌhaɪpəpaɪˈrɛtɪk, ˌhaɪpəpaɪˈrɛksɪə /

noun

1. Also called: hyperthermia.   hyperthermy.  pathol an extremely high fever, with a temperature of 41°C (106°F) or above

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Other Word Forms

• hyperpyretic adjective
• hyperpyrexial adjective

Etymology

Origin of hyperpyrexia

First recorded in 1865–70; hyper- + pyrexia

Example Sentences

The prominent symptoms are pain in the region of the kidneys, oedema of face, tense and frequent pulse, great prostration, profuse epistaxis, violent delirium, and hyperpyrexia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Imperfect reaction from a chill, long persistent hyperpyrexia, diarrhoea or vomiting, or chronic paludal cachexia, or, it may be, some epidemic influence, may produce it.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Young children only are in danger of death from convulsions or a rapid tissue-degeneration due to hyperpyrexia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

This striking fact is of much interest in its bearing on the theory of hyperpyrexia, and may possibly be explained by some marked difference in the conditions of heat-dispersion in these different diseases.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Under the latter are to be classed hyper�mic or even inflammatory states of the stomach and intestines, and those degenerative changes which are the consequence of continuous hyperpyrexia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various