Pseudofever
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever. uncountable, usually
"It is best to consider these as mild temperature elevations, possibly due to autonomic instability, and not label these as fevers. As with other forms of pseudofever, the treatment is to stop measuring the patient's temperature."
Example
More examples"It is best to consider these as mild temperature elevations, possibly due to autonomic instability, and not label these as fevers. As with other forms of pseudofever, the treatment is to stop measuring the patient's temperature."
Etymology
From pseudo- + fever.
More for "pseudofever"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.