calenture

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
2. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.

Sinonieme

calentura

pyreticosis

Vertalings

calentura

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şiddetli humma

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French calenture, from Spanish calentura.