An abnormal medical condition characterized by excessive burning or heat in the body, or pathological dryness.
From Latin 'adustus' plus the medical suffix '-iosis' (indicating a condition or pathological state). This is a highly technical medical term.
While rarely used in modern medicine, this term represents how physicians once thought about fever and inflammation—not as infection but as literal imbalances of bodily heat that needed cooling treatments.
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