PYREXIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyrexia mean? 

• PYREXIA (noun)
  The noun PYREXIA has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYREXIA (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 ("pyrexia" 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 "pyrexia"):

hyperpyrexia (extremely high fever (especially in children))

Derivation:

pyrectic (having or causing fever)