NOUN | state | febrility, fever, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness | a rise in the temperature of the body |
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Meaning | A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection. | |
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Synonyms | fever, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness | |
Narrower | hyperpyrexia | Extremely high fever (especially in children) |
Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
Spanish | febricity, fiebre, pirexia, temperatura | |
Catalan | febre, pirèxia |
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