"pyrexia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pʌɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /paɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ [General-American] Forms: pyrexias [plural], pyrexiae [plural]
Etymology: From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pyrexia}} Latin pyrexia, {{uder|en|grc|πυρεξία||feverishness}} Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), {{m|grc|πυρετός||fever}} πυρετός (puretós, “fever”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|pyrexiae}} pyrexia (countable and uncountable, plural pyrexias or pyrexiae)
  1. (medicine) Fever. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-pyrexia-en-noun-6WbOoPNY Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) Trench fever. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-pyrexia-en-noun-1HtDipOG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 77 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pyrexic, pyrexial Related terms: hyperpyrexia, hypopyrexia

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