pyrexia
Americannoun
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Origin of pyrexia
1760–70; < New Latin < Greek pýrex ( is ) feverishness + -ia -ia
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Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
The treatment consisted of hot vapor-baths, repeated dry cupping over the kidneys, infusion of digitalis with acetate of potash during pyrexia, and Basham's iron mixture in the intermissions.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
During the pyrexia the face is flushed and the eyes injected, but the redness is more vivid and the countenance more animated than in either typhoid or yellow fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
It was often present both in the initial paroxysm and in the relapse, but disappeared soon after the end of the pyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Their explanation seems difficult, since the pyrexia is too brief to be associated with any local inflammatory complication.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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