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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calenture /ˈkal(ə)ntjʊə/

▶noun feverish delirium supposedly caused by the heat in the tropics.

– origin C16: from Fr., from Sp. calentura ‘fever’.

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