pyrexia
- noun
- /paɪˈrɛk.si.ə/
- Specialized
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pirexia
- He experienced pyrexia along with chills and fatigue, indicating an infection.
Examples
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After a few hours of monitoring, the nurse reported that his pyrexia had reduced significantly with medication.
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An 'acute illness' could be almost anything: this would certainly include a serious illness (such as myocardial infarction) but also other short-term problems, particularly if they cause vomiting, diarrhea, or significant pyrexia.
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She was evaluated for prolonged pyrexia.
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Red flag symptoms of pyrexia, pain in the side or mid-to-upper back, and reduced urine output were discussed, and she was advised to seek health advice earlier if needed.
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Particularly unwell (e.g., pyrexia, URTI)
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* Pyrexia, rigors * Vomiting/abdominal pain/diarrhea * Difficulty walking/standing
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Eighteen percent from saline and sixteen percent from the ethacridine group had pyrexia, but in none was the temperature noted to be more than 38°C.
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General examination for cyanosis, tachypnoea, pyrexia, and signs of systemic infection including enlarged lymph nodes.
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Thus, it is possible that differential activity of R and S naproxen in animal models of inflammation and pyrexia may be partly caused by differential inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis.
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He has a slight cough, but no sputum or haemoptysis, and his mild pyrexia and aches and pains have responded to paracetamol.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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1.0
A higher than normal body temperature that shows you are sick
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2.1
Body heat higher than normal that usually means a fever
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7.5
A very high body temperature that can be dangerous and needs quick medical help
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An extremely high fever over 41°C that can be dangerous
A higher than normal body temperature that often shows you are ill
A high body temperature from illness, often called a fever
A rise in body temperature that often comes from an infection
A condition where the body becomes much hotter than normal
How Feverish
Surface Forms
Morphology
pyrexia = fever (opaque) = pyrex + ia
The medical combining form 'pyrex-' is not recognizable to general learners, so the form '+ -ia' does not transparently yield 'fever' even though semantically equivalent to 'fever'.
Etymology
The word pyrexia comes from an old Greek word pyretos meaning 'fever' and from the root pyr meaning 'fire', the same root you see in pyrotechnics. So pyrexia is like the body's 'fire' turned up, which is why it means 'fever'.