Definition of "febrile" []

• Of, relating to, or characterized by fever; feverish. (adjective)

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• "Whatever the differences in manifestation the febrile diseases may show, the _febrile reduction of the digestive capacity of the stomach and the bowels is so characteristic_, that it should be specially noted in this connection."
• "The PedsQLTM appears to be a feasible, valid, responsive indicator of HRQOL for short-term febrile illnesses evaluated in the ED."
• "The fever-related seizures — called febrile seizures — are convulsions brought on by a fever in infants or small children."