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pyretotherapy

American  
[pir-i-toh-ther-uh-pee, pahy-ri-] / ˌpɪr ɪ toʊˈθɛr ə pi, ˌpaɪ rɪ- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing fever.


Etymology

Origin of pyretotherapy

< Greek pyretó ( s ) fever + therapy

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