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Uncommon card · Science
Hyperthermia, an Uncommon card
Hyperthermia, also known as overheating, is a condition in which an individual's body temperature is elevated beyond normal due to failed thermoregulation.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 71
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Hyperthermia quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hyperthermia card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The person's body produces or absorbs more heat than it ______.
Answer
dissipates. The person's body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates. From the Hyperthermia article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Amnesia. Amnesia 78 · Hyperthermia 74 · Ethylene glycol 71 · Clotted cream 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The person's body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates.
- According to the International Emergency Medicine Education Project, severe hyperthermia "becomes a medical emergency requiring immediate treatment to prevent disability or death".
- Almost half a million deaths are recorded every year from hyperthermia.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hyperthermia article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 71: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Hyperthermia
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- O. J. MayoUncommon · Society · ATK 76 DEF 69
- Amu DaryaUncommon · Nature · ATK 74 DEF 71
- André GideUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 72
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hyperthermia (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Menchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
