"pseudofever" meaning in All languages combined

See pseudofever on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudofever.wav Forms: pseudofevers [plural]
Etymology: From pseudo- + fever. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|fever}} pseudo- + fever Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} pseudofever (usually uncountable, plural pseudofevers)
  1. (medicine) A high body temperature that resembles, but is not in fact, a fever. Tags: uncountable, usually

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