请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 pyrexia
释义

pyrexia

/pʌɪˈrɛksɪə / /pɪˈrɛksɪə/
noun [mass noun] Medicine
Raised body temperature; fever: nine patients had unexplained pyrexia [count noun]: Julie still had a pyrexia...
  • Along with the constant infestation of lice came the high risk of pyrexia, or trench fever.
  • Rarely, patients may have influenza-like symptoms, transient pyrexia, or allergic reactions.
  • In Perth, maternal pyrexia and preceding viral illness were both importantly associated with encephalopathy.

Derivatives

pyrexial

adjective ...
  • He remained pyrexial, his C reactive protein concentration and hepatic transaminases continued to rise, and he became increasingly unwell.
  • She's also gone lame which is one of the symptoms (pyrexial and limping syndrome).
  • She was pyrexial and vomiting (two siblings had similar but less marked symptoms).

pyrexic

/pʌɪˈrɛksɪk/ /pɪˈrɛksɪk/ adjective ...
  • Of the 152 serum samples from individuals with pyrexic illness, 23 were positive for anti-hantavirus IgM by EIA.
  • On admission to the neurology department she was pyrexic at 38.9°C, incoherent and not oriented in time or space.

Origin

Mid 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek purexis, from puressein 'be feverish', from pur 'fire'.

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 13:01:17