pyrexia

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pyrexia

/pʌɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ UK
/pɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ UK
/paɪˈrɛk.si.ə/ US

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From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).

noun pyrexias · pyrexiae

countable, uncountable Fever. The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing.
countable, uncountable Trench fever.

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@misc{pyrexia_2026,
  title = {pyrexia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pyrexia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}