Definition of "hyperthermy" []

• Abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer) (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Besides killing cancer cells, hyperthermy reduced the tolerance of cancer cells to chemotherapy."
• "Lastly, the anaphylactic reaction is on the whole one of hypothermy, while the tuberculin injection on tuberculous subjects always causes hyperthermy."
• "At a meeting of the Association of American Physicians in 1895, Jacobi of New York reported a case of hyperthermy reaching 148o F."