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noun
An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
extremely high fever (especially in children)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hyperthermia, hyperthermy, fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English pyrexia English hyperpyrexia From hyper- + pyrexia.
Across languages
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