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• Drug-induced fever — is a state wherein the administration of drugs intended to help a patient causes a fever. The drug may interfere with heat dissipation peripherally, increase the rate of metabolism, evoke a cellular or humoral immune response, mimic endogenous… …   Wikipedia

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• fever therapy — noun : a treatment of disease by fever induced by various artificial means * * * Med. therapy by means of an artificially induced fever. [1920 25] * * * fever therapy noun Cure by inducement of fever • • • Main Entry: ↑fever …   Useful english dictionary

• fever therapy — Med. therapy by means of an artificially induced fever. [1920 25] * * * …   Universalium

• Fever of unknown origin — (FUO), pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) or febris e causa ignota (febris E.C.I.) refers to a condition in which the patient has an elevated temperature but despite investigations by a physician no explanation has been found. [http://www.ppidonline …   Wikipedia

• fever — feverless, adj. /fee veuhr/, n. 1. an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, quickening of the pulse, and disturbance of various body functions. 2. an abnormally high body temperature. 3. the number of degrees …   Universalium

• Fever therapy — Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the past by deliberately raising the patient s temperature to cause fever. Fever therapy was pioneered by the Austrian neuropsychiatrist Julius Wagner von… …   Medical dictionary

• Induced — Induce In*duce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Induced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inducing}.] [L. inducere, inductum; pref. in in + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Induct}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lead in; to introduce. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The poet may be… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Drug-induced hyperthermia — Drug induced fever is a state wherein the administration of drugs intended to help a patient causes a fever. The drug may interfere with heat dissipation peripherally, increase the rate of metabolism, evoke a cellular or humoral immune response,… …   Wikipedia

• Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia — is a condition characterized by abnormally low blood levels of infection fighting neutrophils, a specific kind of white blood cell.cite journal |author=Lyman GH |title=Risks and consequences of chemotherapy induced neutropenia |journal=Clin… …   Wikipedia

• Yellow fever — | MeshID = D015004Taxobox name = Yellow fever virus image caption = TEM micrograph: Multiple yellow fever virions (234,000x magnification). virus group = iv familia = Flaviviridae genus = Flavivirus type species = Yellow fever virus Yellow fever… …   Wikipedia