pyrexia
Example Sentences
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Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
Quinine, as might be expected, has been largely used, in the hope that it might control the pyrexia or prevent the relapse.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
It is the blood of a phlegmasia rather than of a pyrexia.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Anorexia was usually complete during pyrexia, and not rarely patients were admitted to the hospital who asserted that for one or more days they had not taken any nourishment whatever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The pulse is often full, hard, and bounding; the headache throbbing or darting in character; the tendency to somnolence increases, or gives place to delirium; and the pyrexia is more marked.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various