'Fever' definitions:
Definition of 'fever'
From: WordNet
noun
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection [syn: fever, febrility, febricity, pyrexia, feverishness]
noun
Intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"
Definition of 'Fever'
From: GCIDE
- Fever \Fe"ver\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r), n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fi[`e]vre. Cf. Febrile.]
- 1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever. [1913 Webster]
- An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain, Continued, etc.
- Fever and ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
- Fever blister (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
- Fever bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood.
- Fever powder. Same as Jame's powder.
- Fever root (Bot.), an American herb of the genus Triosteum (Triosteum perfoliatum); -- called also feverwort and horse gentian.
- Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fever'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Fever'
From: Easton
- Fever (Deut. 28:22; Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; John 4:52; Acts 28:8), a burning heat, as the word so rendered denotes, which attends all febrile attacks. In all Eastern countries such diseases are very common. Peter's wife's mother is said to have suffered from a "great fever" (Luke 4:38), an instance of Luke's professional exactitude in describing disease. He adopts here the technical medical distinction, as in those times fevers were divided into the "great" and the "less."
Synonyms of 'fever'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscess,
- agitation,
- ague,
- amok,
- anemia,
- animal heat,
- ankylosis,
- anoxia,
- apnea,
- asphyxiation,
- asthma,
- ataxia,
- atrophy,
- attack,
- backache,
- bleeding,
- blennorhea,
- blood heat,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- body heat,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brouhaha,
- burning,
- bustle,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- calenture,
- calidity,
- caloric,
- childbed fever,
- chill,
- chills,
- churn,
- coal heat,
- colic,
- commotion,
- constipation,
- continued fever,
- conturbation,
- convected heat,
- convulsion,
- coughing,
- cyanosis,
- delirium,
- diarrhea,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- dizziness,
- dropsy,
- dysentery,
- dyspepsia,
- dyspnea,
- ebullition,
- edema,
- electric heat,
- emaciation,
- embroilment,
- eruptive fever,
- excitement,
- fainting,
- fatigue,
- febricity,
- febrility,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever heat,
- fever of excitement,
- feverishness,
- fibrillation,
- fidgets,
- fire,
- fit,
- flap,
- flurry,
- flush,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- flux,
- foment,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- furor,
- fury,
- fuss,
- gas heat,
- growth,
- heat,
- heatedness,
- heating,
- hectic,
- hectic fever,
- hectic flush,
- hemorrhage,
- high blood pressure,
- hot-air heat,
- hotness,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- hydrops,
- hyperpyrexia,
- hypertension,
- hyperthermia,
- hypotension,
- hypothermia,
- icterus,
- incalescence,
- indigestion,
- induction heat,
- inflammation,
- inquietude,
- insomnia,
- intermittent fever,
- itching,
- jaundice,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- labored breathing,
- low blood pressure,
- lumbago,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- marasmus,
- moil,
- molecular heat,
- murderous insanity,
- nasal discharge,
- nausea,
- necrosis,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- oil heat,
- pain,
- paralysis,
- paroxysm,
- perturbation,
- protein fever,
- pruritus,
- psychokinesia,
- puerperal fever,
- pyrexia,
- radiant heat,
- rage,
- rash,
- relapsing fever,
- remittent,
- remittent fever,
- restlessness,
- rheum,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- rut,
- sclerosis,
- seethe,
- seething,
- seizure,
- sexual excitement,
- shock,
- skin eruption,
- sneezing,
- solar heat,
- sore,
- spasm,
- steam heat,
- stir,
- superheat,
- superheatedness,
- swirl,
- tabes,
- tachycardia,
- thermal radiation,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumor,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- ultraviolet heat,
- unease,
- unrest,
- upset,
- upset stomach,
- urethral fever,
- vaccinal fever,
- vertigo,
- vomiting,
- warmness,
- warmth,
- wasting,
- water fever,
- wound fever
Words containing 'Fever'
- Fevered,
- Fevering,
- Feverous,
- Feverously,
- Brain fever,
- Breakbone fever,
- Buck fever,
- Camp fever,
- Chagres fever,
- Chill and fever,
- Continued fever,
- Dandy fever,
- Enteric fever,
- Essential fever,
- Famine fever,
- Fever and ague,
- Fever blister,
- Fever bush,
- Fever powder,
- Fever root,
- Fever sore,
- Gastric fever,
- Gold fever,
- Hay fever,
- Hectic fever,
- Inflammatory fever,
- Intermittent fever,
- Jail fever,
- Lazaret fever,
- Lung fever,
- Malarial fever,
- Milk fever,
- Nervous fever,
- Paludal fever,
- Petechial fever,
- Pituitous fever,
- Putrid fever,
- Recurrent fever,
- Relapsing fever,
- Remittent fever,
- Rose fever,
- Scarlet fever,
- Secondary fever,
- Ship fever,
- Shoddy fever,
- Splenic fever,
- Spotted fever,
- Sun fever,
- Suppurative fever,
- Surgical fever,
- Thermic fever,
- Typhoid fever,
- Urethral fever,
- Winter fever,
- Yellow fever,
- assam fever,
- blackwater fever,
- boutonneuse fever,
- canicola fever,
- catarrhal fever,
- cerebrospinal fever,
- childbed fever,
- chills and fever,
- dengue fever,
- dumdum fever,
- ebola fever,
- fever pitch,
- fever tree,
- gibraltar fever,
- glandular fever,
- haemorrhagic fever,
- haverhill fever,
- hemorrhagic fever,
- hospital fever,
- jungle fever,
- kenya fever,
- lassa fever,
- malta fever,
- marseilles fever,
- mediterranean fever,
- miliary fever,
- mountain fever,
- pappataci fever,
- paratyphoid fever,
- parrot fever,
- puerperal fever,
- q fever,
- rabbit fever,
- ratbite fever,
- recurring fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rock fever,
- sandfly fever,
- shipping fever,
- spirillum fever,
- spottled fever,
- spring fever,
- swamp fever,
- texas fever,
- tick fever,
- trench fever,
- typhus fever,
- undulant fever,
- valley fever,
- Gastric remittent fever,
- argentine hemorrhagic fever,
- deer fly fever,
- ebola hemorrhagic fever,
- indian tick fever,
- marburg hemorrhagic fever,
- ratbite fever bacterium,
- rift valley fever,
- viral haemorrhagic fever,
- viral hemorrhagic fever,
- Cerebro-spinal fever,
- rocky mountain spotted fever,
- yellow-fever mosquito,
- crimea-congo hemorrhagic fever