pyretology

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noun

A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers.

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Meanings

noun
  1. A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers.

    Therefore, if the pyretology of Europe includes some five or six fevers, it is not improbable that the pyretology of the tropics includes as many, if not more.

    1893, “On African Haemoglobinuric Fever”, in Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London
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APA

pyretology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyretology

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“pyretology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyretology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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