Pyrexia

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  • noun. Fever.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A higher bodily temperature than is normal; fever.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The febrile condition.
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  • noun. fever
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  • noun. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
    • Word Usage
    "If, however, organic disease can be excluded, and if the pyrexia is the only circumstance which prevents the decision that the child is well and should be treated as well, then the thermometer may be overruled and the pyrexia neglected."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    symptom  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    hyperpyrexia  
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