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hypothermia vs. hyperthermia

hypothermia

noun

  1. Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
  2. Medicine/Medical. the artificial reduction of body temperature to slow metabolic processes, as for facilitating heart surgery.

hyperthermia

noun

  1. Pathology. abnormally high fever.
  2. Medicine/Medical. treatment of disease by the induction of fever, as by the injection of foreign protein or the application of heat.