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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Febricitate :: Febricitate (v. i.) To have a fever.
Feverish :: Feverish (a.) Hot; sultry.
Obstinate :: Obstinate (a.) Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions..
Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers..
Trichinosis :: Trichinosis (n.) The disease produced by the presence of trichinae in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal..
Heat :: Heat (v. t.) To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
Exacerbation :: Exacerbation (n.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Brow :: Brow (n.) The forehead; as, a feverish brow..
Fiery :: Fiery (a.) heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish..
Septicaemia :: Septicaemia (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs..
Abortive :: Abortive (v.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever..
Black Vomit :: Black vomit () A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.
Stiacciato :: Sthenic (a.) Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever..
Induce :: Induce (v. t.) To bring on; to effect; to cause; as, a fever induced by fatigue or exposure..
Adynamia :: Adynamia (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever..
Humoral :: Humoral (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the humors; as, a humoral fever..
Tertian :: Tertian (n.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day..
Feveret :: Feveret (n.) A slight fever.
Febrile :: Febrile (a.) Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action..
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