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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pyrexia \Py*rex"i*a\, noun; pl. {Pyrexi[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to be feverish, akin to ? fever.] (Med.) The febrile condition.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pyrexia
noun: a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection [syn: {fever}, {febrility}, {febricity}, {feverishness}]
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