Definition of fever

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Fever (n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever..

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Fevering :: Fevering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feve.
Pyrethrin :: Pyrethrin (n.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor..
Spiring :: Spirillum (n.) A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.
Febrific :: Febrific (a.) Producing fever.
Feverish :: Feverish (a.) Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish..
Vomito :: Vomito (n.) The yellow fever in its worst form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit..
Breakbone Fever :: Breakbone fever () See Dengue.
Pathogeny :: Pathogeny (n.) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever..
Ephemera :: Ephemera (n.) A fever of one day's continuance only.
Apyrexy :: Apyrexy (n.) The absence or intermission of fever.
Peracute :: Peracute (a.) Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever..
Calenture :: Calenture (n.) A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it..
Marasmus :: Marasmus (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.
Spirograph :: Spirochaete (n.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever..
Ward :: Ward (n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward..
Off :: Off (adv.) Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off..
Comatose :: Comatose (a.) Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever..
Tertian :: Tertian (a.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever..
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