1. Obsolete synonym for pyrotherapy. 2. Treatment of fever. SYN: artificial fever, induced fever. [pyreto- + G. therapeia, treatment]
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py·re·to·ther·a·py (pi″rə-to-therґə-pe) [pyreto- + therapy] 1. treatment of a disease by raising the patient's temperature, such as by physical means or injection of fever-producing vaccines. Called also fever therapy, therapeutic fever, and pyretherapy. 2. the treatment of fever.Medical dictionary. 2011.