- pyrotherapy
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Pyrotherapy — (artificial fever, therapeutic fever) is a method of treatment by raising the body temperature or sustaining an elevated body temperature (caused by a fever). In general, the body temperature was maintained at 41° Celsius.[1] Many diseases were… … 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
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
therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy … Medical dictionary