Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to a high temperature, or to a condition of great excess of heat; having a tendency to raise the temperature.
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- adjective Having a very high
body temperature - adjective Relating to
hyperthermia
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Examples
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He was trying to save a child in the sea but ended up shivering so much in the sea that he was becoming i think it's called hyperthermic or something like that.
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The region consists of mostly Holocene alluvium or Holocene and Pleistocene terrace deposits, with a mix of ustic to aridic, hyperthermic soils.
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The region has a hyperthermic soil temperature regime with aridic ustic and typic ustic soil moisture regimes.
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Soils are hyperthermic compared to thermic in most of Ecoregion 34a.
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This region, however, has a longer growing season, warmer annual temperatures, some hyperthermic soils, and more precipitation than its northern counterparts of 73a and 73h.
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To maximize the calories burned during cardio work, Nadler says the body must become hyperthermic--a process that slightly raises the core temperature and works as a catalyst to burn fat.
The Sabotage Workout 2006
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To burn fat, the body must be hyperthermic according to Dr. Bruce Nadler--that means the core body temperature must rise to a certain temperature.
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They provide a complex hyperthermic, hyperacidic environment for archaebacteria that otherwise would not be able to enjoy life in the beautiful Rocky Mountains.
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Often, before being able to distinguish the presence of a hyperthermic condition, one is impressed with the fact that an animal manifests evidence of being supersensitive.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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The treatment is formally called cytoreductive surgery followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or Hipec.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW POLLACK 2011
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