fever

     

Fever (also known as pyrexia, from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response, from the Latin wor febris, meaning fever, and archaically known as ague) is a frequent medical symptom that describes an increase in internal body temperature to levels above normal. Fever is most accurately characterized as a temporary elevation in the body's thermoregulatory set-point, usually by about 1–2°C.

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  • Dangerous ones include hemorrhagic & scarlet
  • Someone who's febrile has one of these, & someone who's afebrile doesn't
  • Motrin works to bring down this, which is simply an above-normal body temperature
  • Natalie Cole teamed up with Ray Charles for this classic long associated with Peggy Lee
  • Peggy Lee could tell you it's also known as pyrexia (take 2 aspirin & call me in the morning)
  • Medically speaking, a febrifuge is something that reduces or allays this
  • Scarlet,Dr. Johnny,Saturday Night
  • It really burns me up that "febrific" means having one of these
  • Pioneer moms whose kids had chills & sweats knew sassafras was also called the ague tree, ague meaning this
  • Hippocrates taught that cold sweats occuring with an acute one of these indicates death
  • You might have surreal dreams when you try to sleep when your temperature is 102, defined as this 5-letter condition

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