pyretotherapy

pyretotherapy

 [pi-re″to-ther´ah-pe]

treatment by artificially increasing the patient's body temperature.

the treatment of fever.

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]

pyretotherapy

See pyrotherapy.

pyretotherapy

1. treatment by artificially increasing the patient's body temperature.

2. the treatment of fever.