PYREXIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("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)