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pyrexia

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7 lettersPronunciation /pʌɪˈrɛk.si.ə/Part of speech nounSorted aeiprxyStarts with PEnds with A0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

Word origin

From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).

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  • The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing.

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