pyretotherapy
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pyretotherapy
[pi-re″to-ther´ah-pe]treatment by artificially increasing the patient's body temperature.
the treatment of 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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