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FEBRILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does febrility mean? 

FEBRILITY (noun)
  The noun FEBRILITY has 1 sense:

1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infectionplay

  Familiarity information: FEBRILITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FEBRILITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

febricity; febrility; fever; feverishness; pyrexia

Hypernyms ("febrility" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "febrility"):

hyperpyrexia (extremely high fever (especially in children))


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