Febrile

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characterized by fever; feverish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to fever; marked by fever: as, the febrile stage of a disease.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Feverish, or having a high temperature.
  • adjective. Full of nervous energy.
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  • adjective. of or relating to or characterized by fever
    • Word Usage
    "Whatever the differences in manifestation the febrile diseases may show, the _febrile reduction of the digestive capacity of the stomach and the bowels is so characteristic_, that it should be specially noted in this connection."
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    allergic  catarrhal  circulatory  congestive  contagious  
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    ablaze  afire  ardent  at fever pitch  boiling  
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