calenture
Meaning
- A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
- A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
Synonyms
calentura
pyreticosis
Translations
calentura
şiddetli hummaEtymology
From Middle French calenture, from Spanish calentura.
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