- fever, temperature
- You often hear sentences like "John had a temperature yesterday" when in fact John has a temperature every day. Strictly speaking, what he had yesterday was a fever.
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fever, temperature
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fever, temperature — You often hear sentences like John had a temperature yesterday when in fact John has a temperature every day. What he had yesterday was a fever. The distinction is not widely observed, even by some medical authorities. Bernstein cites the… … Dictionary of troublesome word
fever, temperature — You often hear sentences like John had a temperature yesterday when in fact John has a temperature every day. What he had yesterday was a fever. The distinction is not widely observed, even by some medical authorities. Bernstein cites the… … Dictionary of troublesome word
run a fever/temperature — ◇ If you are running a fever/temperature, you have a body temperature that is higher than normal. • • • Main Entry: ↑run … Useful english dictionary
Fever — (also known as pyrexia, from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response, from the Latin word febris , meaning fever, and archaically known as ague) is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to… … Wikipedia
Fever of unknown origin — (FUO), pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) or febris e causa ignota (febris E.C.I.) refers to a condition in which the patient has an elevated temperature but despite investigations by a physician no explanation has been found. [http://www.ppidonline … Wikipedia
Temperature (disambiguation) — Temperature may refer to: *Temperature, a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold; something that is hotter has the greater temperature * Temperature , a song by Sean Paul from his 2005 album The Trinity *… … Wikipedia
fever — [fē′vər] n. [ME < OE fefer & OFr fievre, both < L febris < IE base * dhegwh , to burn > L fovere, to warm, MIr daig, fire] 1. a body temperature that is higher than normal, caused by an infection, ovulation, vigorous exercise, etc.;… … English World dictionary
fever — [n] state of high temperature or agitation burning up*, delirium, ecstasy, excitement, febrile disease, ferment, fervor, fire, flush, frenzy, heat, intensity, passion, pyrexia, restlessness, running a temperature*, the shakes*, turmoil, unrest;… … New thesaurus
temperature — 1530s, fact of being tempered, also character or nature of a substance, from L. temperatura a tempering, moderation, from temperatus, pp. of temperare to moderate (see TEMPER (Cf. temper)). Sense of degree of heat or cold first recorded 1670… … Etymology dictionary
fever — ► NOUN 1) an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium. 2) a state of nervous excitement or agitation. DERIVATIVES feverish adjective feverishly adverb feverishness noun.… … English terms dictionary
