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nouna rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
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Definition that contains fever
- chill a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- bruce Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
- reed United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
- malaria an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
- shivering a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
- tuberculosis infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
- sars a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
- feverish having or affected by a fever
- feverish of or relating to or characterized by fever
- meningitis infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea