pyrexia

[pahy-rek-see-uh]

noun

Pathology.

1. fever.

2. feverish condition.

pyrexia

/ paɪˈrɛksɪə /

noun

1. a technical name for fever

Other Word Forms

• pyrexial adjective
• pyrexic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyrexia¹

1760–70; < New Latin < Greek pýrex ( is ) feverishness + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyrexia¹

C18: from New Latin, from Greek purexis, from puressein to be feverish, from pur fire

Example Sentences

Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.

From The Guardian

These changes are usually proportional to the degree of pyrexia which has been present during life.

From Project Gutenberg

The superficial appearance of pyrexia is sometimes given by a local vaso-motor paralysis, which makes the neuralgic part, after a long bout of pain, hot and red; but of general pyrexia there is nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

It was accompanied by pyrexia, gastro-enteritis, deep-seated pains in limbs and body, and burning and pricking of the skin.

From Project Gutenberg

Caroline DeS. had short periods of marked pyrexia in the first and seventh months of her long psychosis.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• climate 
• cold 
• condition 
• heat 
• warmth