pyrexia
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Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016
Caroline DeS. had short periods of marked pyrexia in the first and seventh months of her long psychosis.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
Their explanation seems difficult, since the pyrexia is too brief to be associated with any local inflammatory complication.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Apyretic, a-pir-et′ik, adj. without pyrexia or fever, especially of those days in which the intermission of fevers occurs in agues—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
It was accompanied by pyrexia, gastro-enteritis, deep-seated pains in limbs and body, and burning and pricking of the skin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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