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hyperpyrexia
DEFINITIONS OF:
hyperpyrexia
1
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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