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Fever
/ˈfiːvə/
A temporary increase in body temperature, typically caused by an illness or infection
Synonyms:
temperature
pyrexia
febrility
Antonyms:
hypothermia
Examples:
A
fever
is a normal response of an immune system to a virus.
His special interest was in the nature of
fevers
.
"It is scarlet
fever
," he said.
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English
fefor,
fefer,
from Latin
febris,
meaning fever, and from Proto-Indo-European root
dhegh-
meaning to burn.
Usage Statistics:
14 mentions per 1 million words
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