hyperthermia

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) +‎ θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”).

Noun

hyperthermia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperthermias)

(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.
Synonym: heatstroke

Antonym: hypothermia
(medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient.

Derived terms

hyperthermic

Translations

medical condition

Chinese:
Mandarin: 高熱 (zh), 高热 (zh) (gāorè), 中暑 (zh) (zhòngshǔ)
Czech: přehřátí n
Finnish: liikalämpöisyys, hypertermia
French: hyperthermie (fr)
German: Hyperthermie (de) f
Greek: υπερθερμία (el) f (yperthermía)

Ido: kalenturo (io)
Italian: ipertermia (it) f
Japanese: 熱中症 (ねっちゅうしょう, ねっちゅうしょう, nettchūshō)
Portuguese: hipertermia (pt) f
Russian: гипертерми́я (ru) f (gipertermíja)
Spanish: hipertermia f
Turkish: hipertermi

See also

Further reading

hyperthermia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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