pyrexia

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Fever.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Trench fever.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʌɪˈrɛk.si.ə/
Etymology

From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).

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