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Definition of: pyretotherapy
(pir′ə·tō·ther′ə·pē, pī′rə-) noun
Medical treatment by the artificial induction of fever by electricity, bacterial infection, etc.; fever therapy. [<Gk. pyretos (a fever) + THERAPY]
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