Associations to the word «Hyperpyrexia»

Wiktionary

HYPERPYREXIA, noun. (medicine) An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.

Dictionary definition

HYPERPYREXIA, noun. Extremely high fever (especially in children).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats