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Definition: Malignant Hyperthermia |
Malignant HyperthermiaNoun1. Hereditary condition in which certain anesthetics (e.g., halothane) cause high body temperatures and muscle rigidity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | Rapid and excessive rise of temperature accompanied by muscular rigidity following general anesthesia. (references) |
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Health | It can cause a marked increase in body temperature (malignant hyperthermia) leading to the muscle breakdown and kidney and cardiovascular system failure reported in some fatal cases at raves. (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
malignant hyperthermia | 123 |
malignant hyperthermia association | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "malignant hyperthermia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | alignantmay yperthermiahay.(various references) | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6C 69 67 6E 61 6E 74 48 79 70 65 72 74 68 65 72 6D 69 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100111 01101110 01100001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01001000 01111001 01110000 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a l i g n a n t   H y p e r t h e r m i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006C 0069 0067 006E 0061 006E 0074 0048 0079 0070 0065 0072 0074 0068 0065 0072 006D 0069 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767787573806780862429182718486747184797567 |
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