hyperthermia

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) +‎ θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”).

Noun

hyperthermia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperthermias)

1. (pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment.

   Synonym: heatstroke

   Antonym: hypothermia

2. (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient.

Derived terms

• hyperthermic

Translations

medical condition

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高熱／高热 (zh) (gāorè), 高热 (zh) (gāorè), 中暑 (zh) (zhòngshǔ)

• Czech: přehřátí n
• Finnish: liikalämpöisyys, hypertermia
• French: hyperthermie (fr)
• German: Hyperthermie (de) f
• Greek: υπερθερμία (el) f (yperthermía)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: kalenturo (io)
• Italian: ipertermia (it) f
• Japanese: 熱中症 (ねっちゅうしょう, ねっちゅうしょう, nettchūshō)
• Portuguese: hipertermia (pt) f
• Russian: гипертерми́я (ru) f (gipertermíja)
• Spanish: hipertermia f
• Turkish: hipertermi

See also

• fever
• hyperpyrexia

Further reading

• hyperthermia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia