MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)