hyperthermia
noun
hy·per·ther·mia
ˌhī-pər-ˈthər-mē-ə 
: exceptionally high fever especially when induced artificially for therapeutic purposes
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Survivors of hyperthermia, the scientific term for having a severely high body temperature, may still suffer from permanent brain damage.
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Ray Stern, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
One week ago Friday, 36-year-old Ronald Silver II, who had been collecting trash on a day when temperatures broke the 100-degree mark, collapsed on a door stoop begging for water and died of hyperthermia.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
The ability to stay cool in the face of many obstacles will prove invaluable as the world warms and the risk of hyperthermia, or heat stroke, increases.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
This was the excruciating fate of Ronald Silver II last week, a Baltimore City Department of Public Works worker who collapsed and died from hyperthermia after laboring all day in 99-degree heat.
—Nikki Gamer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
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Ray Stern, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
One week ago Friday, 36-year-old Ronald Silver II, who had been collecting trash on a day when temperatures broke the 100-degree mark, collapsed on a door stoop begging for water and died of hyperthermia.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
The ability to stay cool in the face of many obstacles will prove invaluable as the world warms and the risk of hyperthermia, or heat stroke, increases.
—Timmy Broderick, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
This was the excruciating fate of Ronald Silver II last week, a Baltimore City Department of Public Works worker who collapsed and died from hyperthermia after laboring all day in 99-degree heat.
—Nikki Gamer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
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hyperthermia
noun
hy·per·ther·mia
ˌhī-pər-ˈthər-mē-ə
1
: elevated temperature of the body (as that occurring in heatstroke) see malignant hyperthermia
2
: the artificial heating of all or part of the body (as in diathermy) for therapeutic purposes (as to treat cancer)
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