Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia
Fever, pyrexia, hyperthermia (nouns), febrile (adjective).
Antipyretic is the medical term for medications to reduce fever. pyr- is from Greek meaning fire. Another medical term referring to things that reduce fever is febricide. febr- is from Latin for fire or heat; cide is to eliminate, reduce or extinguish (as in pesticide, herbicide, germicide, etc.)
Hyperthermia is the medical term meaning very high fever. Its opposite is hypothermia.
Mononucleosis, also called glandular fever.
An antipyretic is a drug that stops or prevents fever. pyr- comes from Greek for fire. Febricide is also used to refer things that "kill" or reduce a fever. Febr- is from Latin for fire or heat.
The word febrile refers to having a fever and diaphoresis means sweaty skin, or excess sweating
Rigors refer to intense shivering or shaking accompanied by a feeling of coldness and possible fever. It is a common symptom of infections such as influenza or sepsis.
Afebrile. A- means without. Febr- is the prefix in medicine that means fever, from Latin. Febrile means there is a fever or something related to fever. A similar word from the Greek uses the prefix, pyr-, meaning fire, and is pyrexia (fever).
uh, fever? Generally a fever; in medical speak a patient with a fever is pyrexic- pyrexia is a fever.
The correct medical term for chills is rigors, but most people still use the term chills.
Syncope is the medical term meaning fainting.