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    PYREXIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infectionplay

    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)

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