FEVER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of fever in English

(Definition of fever from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of fever from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of fever

fever
In addition, mitral plus either aortic or tricuspid lesions are usually secondary to rheumatic fever.
A fortnight later, the correspondent discovered that the man and child were recovering but that another child had died from fever.
These have included male infants younger than 1 year of age; prolonged or recurred fever; and elevated acute phase reactants.
Moreover, the method is easily available in the laboratory, less expensive and user-friendly for guiding physicians to the proper treatment of typhoid fever.
Susceptibility to rheumatic fever have been ascertained because of the poor quality of records in earlier years.
Thus, the detection of decreased susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in the laboratory is essential for treating typhoid fever.
In the second scenario, a patient is suffering from fevers, malaise, and a painful blistering rash after infection with smallpox.
These two categories often reach significant proportions, being several times the registered rates for acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart disease.
The diagnosis of malaria was based on the presence of fever, and the detection of parasites in the maternal blood.
Three mice ; each received an intra-peritoneal injection of 0'5 c. c. of defibrinated relapsing fever blood in 1*5 c. c. saline.
Four mice each injected intra-peritoneally with 0'5 c. c. defibrinated relapsing fever blood in 0-5 c. c. saline.
Two mice ; intra-peritoneal injection of 0'5 c. c. defibrinated relapsing fever blood in 1*5 c. c. saline.
In suddenness, intensity, and periodicity, there is a close analogy between malarial fever and inebriate paroxysms, the same causes often originating both diseases.
In each case the logic is dreamlike, irrational and infantile, the fever dreams of a child who somehow feels the wrong size for the world.
Consumption of water outside the home was associated with typhoid fever in univariate analysis, but this variable was not in our multivariate model.
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Translations of fever

in Chinese (Traditional)
疾病, 發燒,發熱, 激動…
in Chinese (Simplified)
疾病, 发烧,发热, 激动…
in Spanish
fiebre, fiebre [feminine]…
in Portuguese
febre, febre [feminine]…
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एक वैद्यकीय स्थिती ज्यामध्ये शरीराचे तापमान नेहमीपेक्षा जास्त असते आणि हृदय खूप वेगाने धडधडते, असोशी…
熱, 熱(ねつ), 熱狂(ねっきょう)…
ateş, heyecanlı durum, telaş…
fièvre [feminine], fièvre…
febre…
koorts…
உடல் வெப்பநிலை வழக்கத்தை விட அதிகமாக இருக்கும் மற்றும் இதயம் மிக வேகமாக துடிக்கும் ஒரு மருத்துவ நிலை, பெரும் பரபரப்பான நிலை…
ज्वर, बुखार, फीवर…
તાવ, ઉન્માદ…
feber…
feber…
demam…
das Fieber…
feber [masculine], feber(sykdom)…
بخار, حرارت, حد سے زیادہ جوش…
жар, гарячка…
жар, лихорадочное состояние, возбуждение…
జ్వరం, శరీర ఉష్ణోగ్రత సాధారణం కంటే ఎక్కువగా ఉంటుంది మరియు గుండె చాలా వేగంగా కొట్టుకునే వైద్య పరిస్థితి, గొప్ప ఉత్సాహం యొక్క స్థితి…
حُمَّى…
জ্বর, উত্তেজনা…
horečka…
demam…
การเป็นไข้…
cơn sốt…
gorączka…
고열…
febbre…
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