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
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
The pyrexia was certainly not controlled by it.
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
The lysis, therefore, occupies usually a longer time than was required by the pyrexia in reaching its maximum.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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