febrile
pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
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Origin of febrile
1Other words from febrile
- fe·bril·i·ty [fi-bril-i-tee], /fɪˈbrɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- non·fe·brile, adjective
- post·fe·brile, adjective
- un·fe·brile, adjective
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How to use febrile in a sentence
The big storyInside the race to build the best quantum computer on EarthGoogle’s most advanced computer isn’t at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, nor anywhere in the febrile sprawl of Silicon Valley.
The Download: donating your body, and climate change momentum | Rhiannon Williams | October 12, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewIn the book’s 21st-century Los Angeles, the world is messy, replete with social inequities, sexism, racism, gated communities, surveillance, hypercapitalism, febrile megacorporations, and corrupt policing.
The metaverse is a new word for an old idea | Genevieve Bell | February 8, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewThe result was “Spiral,” 52 minutes in the interzone, a cosmic axis where all points intersect, beholden to neither contemporary trends nor febrile nostalgia.
Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world | Jeff Weiss | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostIn the febrile atmosphere of Greece waiting for the onslaught everyone knows is coming, secret agents are proliferating.
But Beardsley was watching Pederson now, whose face took on a sudden febrile gleam.
We're Friends, Now | Henry Hasse
If an acute febrile condition develops, the wound is mortal.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. Walshfebrile and inflammatory diseases were all treated by the withdrawal of nourishment, carried to the extreme.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkEveryone was febrile and overwrought except Anne-Marie herself, who seemed to trouble not at all about it.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresFewer colds; febrile attacks very slight; great elasticity in recovering from disease.
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British Dictionary definitions for febrile
/ (ˈfiːbraɪl) /
of or relating to fever; feverish
Origin of febrile
1Derived forms of febrile
- febrility (fɪˈbrɪlɪtɪ), noun
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