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n. - Abnormally high body temperature.

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  • Null says at least 494 children have died since 1998 from heatstroke also known as hyperthermia in vehicles in the USA.
  • Auburn University, said children are more susceptible to it and can develop a condition known as hyperthermia much easier than adults.
  • On humans, in 2007, Berlin's Charité Hospital used a technique which involved mNPs, called hyperthermia, to destroy a particularly severe form of brain cancer in 14...
  • 18 children nationwide have died from hyperthermia, which is when the body absorbs more heat than it can take.
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