Synonyms

pyrexia

American

[pahy-rek-see-uh] / paɪˈrɛk si ə /

noun

Pathology.

fever.
feverish condition.

pyrexia British

/ paɪˈrɛksɪə /

noun

a technical name for fever

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Origin of pyrexia

1760–70; < New Latin < Greek pýrex ( is ) feverishness + -ia -ia

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Elements of the Universe: Pyr, Pyro ("Fire")

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Page 88 Unexplained Pyrexia In nervous children we sometimes meet with inexplicable rises of temperature.

From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles

Charts of Pyrexia in Head Injuries 348 186.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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pyrexia

noun

noun

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Origin of pyrexia

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Elements of the Universe: Pyr, Pyro ("Fire")

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