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PYREXIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Synonyms:
febricity; febrility; fever; feverishness; pyrexia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pyrexia" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pyrexia"):
hyperpyrexia (extremely high fever (especially in children))
Derivation:
pyrectic (having or causing fever)
