pyrexia

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Not a trace of wind in the humid pyrexia of mid-afternoon.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016

During the next few days the animal will lose some weight and perhaps show a certain amount of pyrexia.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

The superficial appearance of pyrexia is sometimes given by a local vaso-motor paralysis, which makes the neuralgic part, after a long bout of pain, hot and red; but of general pyrexia there is nothing.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

Consequently their exhibition was wholly empirical, and the one that subdued the pyrexia most promptly was given the preference.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

The pyrexia may be divided into three periods, each having its own peculiarities.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various