pyrexia

Definitions


[pʌɪˈrɛksɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- raised body temperature; fever
(e.g: nine patients had unexplained pyrexia)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek purexis, from puressein ‘be feverish’, from pur ‘fire’




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