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
Consequently, to control the pyrexia became the leading object of treatment; and whatever would do this promptly, and at the same time allay pain and promote rest, found favor at the bedside of the patient.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
It was frequently given so as to maintain decided drowsiness throughout the pyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
If it be attended with strong pulse, it is termed febris sensitiva irritata, or pyrexia, or inflammation; if with a weak pulse, it is termed febris sensitiva inirritata, or typhus gravior, or malignant fever.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Caroline DeS. had short periods of marked pyrexia in the first and seventh months of her long psychosis.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
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