Fever

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fever \Fe"ver\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer,
     fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fi[`e]vre. Cf. {Febrile}.]
     1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased
        heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement
        of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of
        appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most


        prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid
        fever; yellow fever.
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     Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals;
           intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at
           intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit
           nor intermit.
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     2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of
        strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this
        quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
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              An envious fever
              Of pale and bloodless emulation.      --Shak.
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              After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak.
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     {Brain fever}, {Continued fever}, etc. See under {Brain},
        {Continued}, etc.
  
     {Fever and ague}, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms
        which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
  
     {Fever blister} (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found
        about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
  
     {Fever bush} (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See
        {Spicewood}.
  
     {Fever powder}. Same as {Jame's powder}.
  
     {Fever root} (Bot.), an American herb of the genus
        {Triosteum} ({Triosteum perfoliatum}); -- called also
        {feverwort} and {horse gentian}.
  
     {Fever sore}, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fever \Fe"ver\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fevered} (f[=e]"v[~e]rd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Fevering}.]
     To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
     [R.]
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           The white hand of a lady fever thee.     --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fever
       n 1: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom
            of infection [syn: {febrility}, {febricity}, {pyrexia},
            {feverishness}]
       2: intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  201 Moby Thesaurus words for "fever":
     abscess, agitation, ague, amok, anemia, animal heat, ankylosis,
     anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack,
     backache, bleeding, blennorhea, blood heat, bluster, bobbery,
     body heat, boil, boiling, brouhaha, burning, bustle, cachexia,
     cachexy, calenture, calidity, caloric, childbed fever, chill,
     chills, churn, coal heat, colic, commotion, constipation,
     continued fever, conturbation, convected heat, convulsion,
     coughing, cyanosis, delirium, diarrhea, discomposure, disorder,
     disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery,
     dyspepsia, dyspnea, ebullition, edema, electric heat, emaciation,
     embroilment, eruptive fever, excitement, fainting, fatigue,
     febricity, febrility, ferment, fermentation, fever heat,
     fever of excitement, feverishness, fibrillation, fidgets, fire,
     fit, flap, flurry, flush, fluster, flutteration, flux, foment,
     frenzy, fume, furor, fury, fuss, gas heat, growth, heat,
     heatedness, heating, hectic, hectic fever, hectic flush,
     hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hot-air heat, hotness, hubbub,
     hurly-burly, hydrops, hyperpyrexia, hypertension, hyperthermia,
     hypotension, hypothermia, icterus, incalescence, indigestion,
     induction heat, inflammation, inquietude, insomnia,
     intermittent fever, itching, jaundice, jitters, jumpiness,
     labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, maelstrom, malaise,
     marasmus, moil, molecular heat, murderous insanity,
     nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, nerviness, nervosity,
     nervousness, oil heat, pain, paralysis, paroxysm, perturbation,
     protein fever, pruritus, psychokinesia, puerperal fever, pyrexia,
     radiant heat, rage, rash, relapsing fever, remittent,
     remittent fever, restlessness, rheum, roil, rout, row, rut,
     sclerosis, seethe, seething, seizure, sexual excitement, shock,
     skin eruption, sneezing, solar heat, sore, spasm, steam heat, stir,
     superheat, superheatedness, swirl, tabes, tachycardia,
     thermal radiation, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, tumor, tumult,
     tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter,
     ultraviolet heat, unease, unrest, upset, upset stomach,
     urethral fever, vaccinal fever, vertigo, vomiting, warmness,
     warmth, wasting, water fever, wound fever
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Fever
     (Deut. 28:22; Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; John 4:52; Acts 28:8), a
     burning heat, as the word so rendered denotes, which attends all
     febrile attacks. In all Eastern countries such diseases are very
     common. Peter's wife's mother is said to have suffered from a
     "great fever" (Luke 4:38), an instance of Luke's professional
     exactitude in describing disease. He adopts here the technical
     medical distinction, as in those times fevers were divided into
     the "great" and the "less."