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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection;
[syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyrexia \Py*rex"i*a\, n.; pl. Pyrexi[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to be feverish, akin to ? fever.] (Med.) The febrile condition. [1913 Webster] Pyrexial
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pyrexia n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness]