hyperthermia
English
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) The condition of having an abnormally high body temperature caused by a failure of the heat-regulating mechanisms of the body to deal with the heat coming from the environment.
- (medicine) The therapeutic application of heat to a patient.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (over, above, excessive) + Ancient Greek θέρμη (heat).
Origin
Ancient Greek
θέρμη
Gloss
heat
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chemohyperthermia English
- hyper- English
- hypergolic English
- hypothermia English
- thermantidote English
- hyper- Finnish
- *thermalis Latin
- tensiō Latin
- Hypergol German
- termidoro Italian
- hypertensie Dutch, Flemish
- hypertrophie French
- thermidor French
- hiper- Spanish, Castilian
- terma Spanish, Castilian
- termita Spanish, Castilian
- θέρμη Ancient Greek
- ἐφύπερθεν Ancient Greek
- ὑπέρ Ancient Greek
- ὕπερθεν Ancient Greek
- Ὑπερίων Ancient Greek
- *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- hyper- Norwegian Bokmål
- hiper- Portuguese
- hyper- Norwegian Nynorsk
- hipir- Irish
- hipiteirme Irish
- teirmeach Irish
- hyper- Danish
- hiper- Catalan, Valencian
- termita Catalan, Valencian
- υπέρ Greek (modern)
- hyper- Translingual