Hyperpyrexia - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Hyperpyrexia :  (noun)

1: extremely high fever (especially in children)

Based on WordNet 2.0

Hyperpyrexia : \Hy`per*py*rex"i*a\, n. [NL. See Hyper-, and Pyrexia.] (Med.) A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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