hyperpyrexia (redirected from hyperpyrexial)

hy·per·py·rex·i·a  (hpr-p-rks-)

n.

Abnormally high fever.

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hyper·py·rexi·al, hyper·py·retic (-rtk) adj.

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hyperpyrexia

a condition of abnormally high fever. — hyperpyretic, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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Noun

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hyperpyrexia - extremely high fever (especially in children) 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