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calenture
[ kal-uhn-cher, -choor ]
/ ˈkæl ən tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər /
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noun
Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
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Origin of calenture
1585–95; earlier calentura<Spanish: fever, equivalent to calent(ar) to heat (<Latin calent-, stem of calēns, present participle of calēre to be hot) + -ura-ure
OTHER WORDS FROM calenture
cal·en·tu·ral, cal·en·tu·rish, adjectiveWords nearby calenture
calendar watch, calendar year, calender, calends, calendula, calenture, calesa, calescent, Calexico, calf, calf bone
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British Dictionary definitions for calenture
calenture
/ (ˈkælənˌtjʊə) /
noun
a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
Word Origin for calenture
C16: from Spanish calentura fever, ultimately from Latin calēre to be warm
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