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hyperpyrexia

/hahy-per-pahy-rek-see-uh/US // ˌhaɪ pər paɪˈrɛk si ə //UK // (ˌhaɪpəpaɪˈrɛksɪə) //

高热症,高热惊厥,高热惊厥症,高热病

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : an abnormally high fever.

Examples

  • Loss of consciousness was followed by flaccidity of all four extremities, hyperpyrexia, and death.

  • The important pathological condition to be combated is the hyperpyrexia, and not the cold stage, as in intermittents.

  • Young children only are in danger of death from convulsions or a rapid tissue-degeneration due to hyperpyrexia.

  • It is generally admitted that the salicylates do not control rheumatic hyperpyrexia once it exists.

  • The mortality of these cases is very considerable, hyperpyrexia being one of the chief causes of death in acute rheumatism.