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pyrexia
py·rex·i·a [ pī réksee ə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
( technical )
Same as  fevern (sense 1)

[Mid-18th century. < modern Latin< Greek purexis< puressein "be feverish" < pur "fire"]

py·rex·i·al adjective
py·rex·ic adjective
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