Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

pyrexia

American  
[pahy-rek-see-uh] / paɪˈrɛk si ə /

noun

Pathology.

  1. fever.

  2. feverish condition.

pyrexia British  
/ paɪˈrɛksɪə /

noun

  1. a technical name for fever

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of pyrexia

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

Vocabulary lists containing pyrexia

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

Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Charts of Pyrexia in Head Injuries 348 186.

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

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

From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.