artificial fever


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py·re·to·ther·a·py

(pī'rĕ-tō-thār'ă-pē),
1. Obsolete synonym for pyrotherapy.
2. Treatment of fever.
Synonym(s): artificial fever, induced fever
[pyreto- + G. therapeia, treatment]
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