pseudofever

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noun

A high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever.

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Meanings

nounpseudofever (usually uncountable, plural pseudofevers)

plural pseudofevers

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineA high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever.

    It is best to consider these as mild temperature elevations, possibly due to autonomic instability, and not label these as fevers. As with other forms of pseudofever, the treatment is to stop measuring the patient's temperature.

    2017, Randall Fisher, Thomas G. Boyce, Armando G. Correa, Moffet's Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Origin

From pseudo- + fever.

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APA

pseudofever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudofever

MLA

“pseudofever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudofever. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudofever,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudofever.

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