Definitions for feverˈfi vər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fe•verˈfi vər(n.)

  1. an abnormally high body temperature.

    Category: Pathology

  2. any of various diseases in which high temperature is a prominent symptom, as scarlet fever or rheumatic fever.

    Category: Pathology

  3. intense nervous excitement:

    in a fever of anticipation.

  4. (v.t.)to affect with or as if with fever.

  5. (v.i.)to become feverish; have or get a fever.

Origin of fever:

bef. 1000; ME; OE fefer < L febris fever

Princeton's WordNet

  1. fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness(noun)

    a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

  2. fever(noun)

    intense nervous anticipation

    "in a fever of resentment"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. fever(noun)ˈfi vər

    a high body temperature

    The patient has a high fever.

  2. feverˈfi vər

    intense excitement

    World Cup fever is spreading.

Wiktionary

  1. fever(Noun)

    A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

    "I have a fever. I think I've caught a cold."

  2. fever(Noun)

    Any of various diseases.

    scarlet fever

  3. fever(Noun)

    A state of excitement (of a person or people).

  4. fever(Noun)

    A group of stingrays.

  5. fever(Verb)

    To put into a fever; to affect with fever.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fever(noun)

    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

  2. Fever(noun)

    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

  3. Fever(verb)

    to put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Fever

    An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process.


Translations for fever

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fever(noun)

(an illness causing) high body temperature and quick heart-beat

She is in bed with a fever; a fever of excitement.

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