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FEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intense nervous anticipation
Example:
in a fever of resentment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("fever" is a kind of...):
anticipation; expectancy (an expectation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fever"):
buck fever (nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter)
gold fever (greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Synonyms:
febricity; febrility; fever; feverishness; pyrexia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fever" 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 "fever"):
hyperpyrexia (extremely high fever (especially in children))
Derivation:
feverous (having or affected by a fever)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb fever
Context examples:
Symptoms include swollen and tender parotid glands, fever, muscle aches and fatigue.
(Mumps, NCI Thesaurus)
Nairoviruses are tick-borne with human and animal hosts and cause hemorrhagic fevers and gastroenteritis in humans.
(Nairovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
NHLs can occur at any age and are often marked by lymph nodes that are larger than normal, fever, and weight loss.
(NHL, NCI Dictionary)
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas can occur at any age and are often marked by lymph nodes that are larger than normal, fever, and weight loss.
(non-Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)
Acetaminophen is one of the world's most commonly used drugs, used for the treatment of pain and fever.
(Acetaminophen Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A drug that decreases fever, swelling, pain, and redness.
(Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NCI Dictionary)
Had he been only in a violent fever, you would not have despised him half so much.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
A drug that reduces pain and fever (but not inflammation).
(Acetaminophen, NCI Dictionary)
We need to monitor humans and animal health as one single issue, because monkeys are part of the yellow fever cycle in the wild, she explained.
(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)
This inhibits the formation of prostaglandins that are involved in pain, inflammation and fever.
(Naproxen Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
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