apyrexia
Britishnoun
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Etymology
Origin of apyrexia
C19: from a- 1 + Greek puretos fever
Example Sentences
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There was apyrexia on the day the attack was due, and this did not return again.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
While the lowest angles of the fever curve approximate the normal body heat more or less closely, they never decline to a standard of apyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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