Pyrexia Definition

pī-rĕksē-ə
noun

Fever.

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Origin of Pyrexia

  • New Latin from Greek purexis from puressein to have a fever from puretos fever pyretic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek πυρεξία (pureksia, “feverishness"), from πυρετός (puretos, “fever") + -exia.

    From Wiktionary

Pyrexia Sentence Examples

  • The usual signs of infection (e.g. pyrexia, leucocytosis) may be absent and infection surveillance must be rigorous.

  • Baby T also had pyrexia (high temperature ), and he would have been concerned if he had known that at the time.

  • The individual concerned showed transient pyrexia, flu-like symptoms and sinusitis, but after antibiotic treatment made a full recovery.

  • Clinical antecedents linked with this type of injury include maternal pyrexia, prolonged preterm rupture of membranes and maternal leucocytosis.

  • They can present as a pyrexia of unknown origin or hypertension.

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Words Starting With

PPYPYR

Words Ending With

AIAXIA

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