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Hyperpyrexia vs. Hyperthermia — What's the Difference?

Hyperpyrexia vs. Hyperthermia — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hyperpyrexia and Hyperthermia

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Hyperpyrexia

Abnormally high fever.

Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia, also known simply as overheating, is a condition in which an individual's body temperature is elevated beyond normal due to failed thermoregulation. The person's body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates.

Hyperpyrexia

(medicine) An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.

Hyperthermia

Unusually high body temperature.

Hyperpyrexia

A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.
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Hyperthermia

(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.

Hyperpyrexia

Extremely high fever (especially in children)

Hyperthermia

(medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient, especially as treatment to cancer.

Hyperthermia

Abnormally high body temperature.

Hyperthermia

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

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