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 important pathological condition to be combated is the hyperpyrexia, and not the cold stage, as in intermittents.

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

Cool or cold water may be freely employed when there is hyperpyrexia, either by general bathing or by wrapping the patient in sheets dipped in and wrung out of the same fluid.

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

The effects of the malarial fever and of the hyperpyrexia of typhoid fever, when combined, must almost necessarily entail more accumulation of excrementitious material in the blood than would occur either disease existing separately.

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

They probably act, therefore, by diminishing the metamorphosis of the tissues, and the consequent loading of the blood with excrementitious products which the hyperpyrexia has a tendency to promote.

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