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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pyrexia /pʌɪˈrɛksɪə, pɪ-/

▶noun Medicine fever.

– derivatives
pyrexial adjective,
pyrexic adjective.

– origin C18: mod. L., from Gk purexis, from puressein ‘be feverish’.

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