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hyperpyrexia

DEFINITIONS OF: hyperpyrexia

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n extremely high fever (especially in children)

Type 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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