MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malignant hyperthermia mean? 

• MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA (noun)
  The noun MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA has 1 sense:

1. hereditary condition in which certain anesthetics (e.g., halothane) cause high body temperatures and muscle rigidity

  Familiarity information: MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hereditary condition in which certain anesthetics (e.g., halothane) cause high body temperatures and muscle rigidity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("malignant hyperthermia" is a kind of...):

autosomal dominant disease; autosomal dominant disorder (a disease caused by a dominant mutant gene on an autosome)

 Context examples 

The Landrace breed is susceptible to Porcine stress syndrome and malignant hyperthermia under anesthetic.

(Landrace Pig, NCI Thesaurus)