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Pyrexia

//pʌɪˈrɛk.si.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Fever. countable, uncountable

    "The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing."

  2. 2
    a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection wordnet
  3. 3
    Trench fever. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).

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