pyrexia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- pyrexial adjective
- pyrexic adjective
Etymology
Origin of pyrexia
1760–70; < New Latin < Greek pýrex ( is ) feverishness + -ia -ia
Vocabulary lists containing pyrexia
Example Sentences
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Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016
When given during the pyrexia it aggravated the nausea and vomiting, so that it had to be suspended.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
As would be expected, the sympathetic fever due to this complication modified and obscured the characteristic course of the specific pyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Consequently their exhibition was wholly empirical, and the one that subdued the pyrexia most promptly was given the preference.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
It is the blood of a phlegmasia rather than of a pyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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