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pyrexia

[ UK /pa‍ɪɹˈɛksi‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

How To Use pyrexia In A Sentence

  • During the next few days the animal will lose some weight and perhaps show a certain amount of pyrexia. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
  • On the twentieth, sweated all over; apyrexia, dejections bilious; aversion to food, comatose. Of The Epidemics
  • Methods: The antipyretic effect of XNJI and its influence on central febrile medium were observed in rabbit model of hyperpyrexia caused by rabbit hemorrhagic fever virus(RHFV).
  • Rarely, patients may have influenza-like symptoms, transient pyrexia, or allergic reactions.
  • Fever, or pyrexia, refers to a rise of up to 40.5°C and hyperpyrexia to a greater rise.
  • Sometimes it rises as high as 106° or 108° F. -- _cerebral hyperpyrexia_ Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • On the twentieth, pain of the feet; deafness and delirium left her; a small hemorrhage from the nose; sweat, apyrexia. Of The Epidemics
  • OTHER NAMES: Heat hyperpyrexia, sunstroke, thermic fever. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
  • Later, signs of increased intra-cranial tension develop: unconsciousness deepening into coma, paralysis of ocular muscles, rapid pulse, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, and sometimes hyperpyrexia. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • A patient-consent form warning of hyperpyrexia after a procedure, for example, might be translated to an abnormally high fever. Taking Medical Jargon Out of Doctor Visits
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