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
- 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
- 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'.