Calvin had become a chronic sufferer from ague and catarrh.
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Ague
/ˈeɪ.ɡju/
Synonyms for "ague" (229 found)
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Closest matches (46)
abscessacute articular rheumatismafrican lethargyalkali diseaseamebiasisamebic dysenteryanemiaankylosisanoxiaanthraxapneaasiatic choleraasphyxiationasthmaataxiaatrophybacillary dysenterybackachebastard measlesblack death
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black feverblackwater feverbleedingblennorheabreakbone feverbrucellosisbubonic plaguebumpinesscachectic fevercachexiacachexycerebral rheumatismchagres feverchatteringchicken poxchillchillscholerachoreacoldcold shiverscolicconstipationconvulsioncoughing
Noun(1 words)
chills and fever
Strong matches (69)
cowpoxcyanosisdandy feverdeer fly feverdenguedengue feverdiarrheadiphtheriadizzinessdropsydumdum feverdysenterydyspepsiadyspneaedemaelephantiasisemaciationencephalitis lethargicaenteric fevererysipelas
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faintingfamine feverfatiguefeverfibrillationfits and startsfive-day feverflufluxframbesiagerman measlesglandular fevergrippegrowthhansenosishaverhill feverhemorrhagehepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhigh blood pressurehistoplasmosishookwormhydrophobiahydropshypertensionhypotensionicterusindigestioninfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammationinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzainsomniaitchingjactationjactitationjail feverjaundicejerkinessjoltinessjungle rotkala azarkissing disease
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labored breathinglepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loaloaiasislockjawlow blood pressurelumbagomadnessmalariamalarial fevermarasmusmarsh fevermeaslesmeningitismilzbrandmumpsnasal dischargenausea
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necrosisornithosisosteomyelitispainpalsyparalysisparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpertussispneumoniapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponosprurituspsittacosisquakingquaveringquiveringrabbit feverrabiesrashrat-bite feverrelapsing feverrheumrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasissclerosisseizureseptic sore throatshakesshakingshinglesshiveringshiversshockshudderingskin eruptionsleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversneezingsorespasmspasmssplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatsuccussionswamp fevertabestachycardiatetanusthrushtineatremblingtremulousnesstrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosistularemiatumortyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant feverupset stomachvacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseasevertigovibrationviral dysenteryvomitingwastingwhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
Noun(3 words)
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5 entriesheated controversymalarial feverparoxysmal feverpublic furorshivering fever
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6 entriesague feverague patientague pillsague remedyague seasonmalarial ague
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He had to capture some character and get out of that rest room before his ague got so bad that the sergeant had to carry him to and from the booth every day.
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He shivered all the while, so violently, that it was quite as much as he could do to keep the neck of the bottle between his teeth, without biting it off. “I think you have got the ague,” said I. “I’m much of your opinion, boy,” said he. “It’s bad about here,” I told him. “You’ve been lying out on the meshes, and they’re dreadful aguish. Rheumatic too.”
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Ague and lake fever had attacked our new settlement. The men in the shanty were all down with it, and my husband was confined to his bed on each alternate day, unable to raise hand or foot, and raving in the delirium of the fever.
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