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febrile

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
febrile /ˈfiːbrʌɪl/

▶adjective

1 having or showing the symptoms of a fever.

2 having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement.

– derivatives
febrilely adverb,
febrility noun.

– origin C17: from Fr. fébrile or med. L. febrilis, from L. febris ‘fever’.

'febrile' also found in these Oxford entries:

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