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Word: Pyrexia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek purexis, from puressein ‘be feverish’, from pur ‘fire’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pʌɪˈrɛksɪə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
raised body temperature; fever
Short Definition:raised body temperature
Examples:- nine patients had unexplained pyrexia
- Julie still had a pyrexia
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