pyretotherapy

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• pyretotherapy — /pir i toh ther euh pee, puy ri /, n. Med. therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing fever. [ < Gk pyretó(s) fever + THERAPY] * * * …   Universalium

• pyretotherapy — 1. Obsolete synonym for pyrotherapy. 2. Treatment of fever. SYN: artificial fever, induced fever. [pyreto + G. therapeia, treatment] * * * pyr·e·to·ther·a·py .pir ə tō ther ə pē, .pī(ə)r ; pī .ret ō n, pl pies …   Medical dictionary

• pyretotherapy — n. treatment by raising the body temperature (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

• pyretotherapy — pyr·e·to·therapy …   English syllables

• pyretotherapy — |pirətō, |pīrətō, pī|red.ə+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pyret + therapy : fever therapy * * * /pir i toh ther euh pee, puy ri /, n. Med. therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing… …   Useful english dictionary

• fever treatment — pyretotherapy …   Medical dictionary

• artificial fever — pyretotherapy (def. 1) …   Medical dictionary

• therapeutic fever — pyretotherapy (def. 1) …   Medical dictionary

• 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 — 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

• pyretherapy — py·re·ther·a·py (pi″rə therґə pe) [Gr. pyr fever + therapy] pyretotherapy …   Medical dictionary