Fever
Fever (fē"vẽr) , noun
[Old English fever, fefer, Anglo-Saxon fefer, fefor, Latin febris: compare French fièvre. Compare Febrile.]
1.
(Medicine) 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.
Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit.
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.
An envious fever
Of pale and bloodless emulation.
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well.
Collocations (7)
Fever and ague , a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin.
Fever blister (Medicine) , a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes.
Fever powder , Same as Jame's powder.
Fever root (Botany) , an American herb of the genus Triosteum (Triosteum perfoliatum); -- called also feverwort and horse gentian.
Fever sore , a carious ulcer or necrosis. — Miner
Fever (fē"vẽrd) , transitive verb
To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. [Rare]
The white hand of a lady fever thee.