Meanings
plural pyrexias · plural pyrexiae
- countableuncountablemedicineFever.First known use 18th c.
The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing.
1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 253 - countableuncountablemedicineTrench fever.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
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Origin
- Ancient Greekπυρεξία“feverishness”
- Latinpyrexia
- Englishpyrexia
From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).
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