| NOUN | state | pyrexia, fever, febrility, febricity, 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, febrility, febricity, 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 | |
| Adjectives | pyrectic | having or causing fever |
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