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Can you explain these terms pyrexia hyperpyrexia hyperthermia?
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Fever/high body temp: Pyrexia means fever, hyperpyrexia means high fever, and hyperthermia means increased body temperature from any cause (such as heat exposure, heatstroke which interferes with sweating and normal body-cooling mechanisms, certain medications, etc.).
Answered 7/3/2015
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