fever
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fever/ˈfiːvə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 an abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and in severe instances, delirium.
- 2 a state of nervous excitement or agitation.
■ general excitement about a public event: election fever.
– derivatives
feverish adjective,
feverishly adverb,
feverishness noun.
feverish adjective,
feverishly adverb,
feverishness noun.
– origin OE fēfor, from L. febris; reinforced in ME by OFr. fievre, also from febris.
'fever' also found in these Oxford entries:
abortus fever
- acute rheumatism
- ague
- antipyretic
- arbovirus
- arenavirus
- aspirin
- blackwater fever
- bluetongue
- Bornholm disease
- brucellosis
- bubonic plague
- cabin fever
- calenture
- causalgia
- chickenpox
- chloramphenicol
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- defervescence
- delirium
- dengue
- distemper
- doolally
- Ebola fever
- enteric fever
- ephedrine
- Epstein–Barr virus
- exanthema
- febrifuge
- febrile
- fevered
- feverfew
- fever pitch
- fever tree
- glandular fever
- hay fever
- hectic
- hepatitis A
- hepatitis B
- hospital fever
- influenza
- intermit
- jungle fever
- kala-azar
- Lassa fever
- malaria
- Malta fever
- Marburg disease
- marsh fever
