Definition of "pyrexia" []

• Fever. (noun)

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• "If, however, organic disease can be excluded, and if the pyrexia is the only circumstance which prevents the decision that the child is well and should be treated as well, then the thermometer may be overruled and the pyrexia neglected."
• "If pyrexia is present, it is a serious symptom, as it is a sign of septic absorption in the bronchi, and may be the forerunner of gangrene."
• "The pyrexia may have the same periodic character as that just noted in cases of cyclic vomiting."