HYPERPYREXIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely high fever (especially in children)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hyperpyrexia" is a kind of...):

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

febricity; febrility; fever; feverishness; pyrexia (a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection)

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