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Febrility

noun
1.
A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.  Synonyms: febricity, fever, feverishness, pyrexia.





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"Febrility" Quotes from Famous Books



... the hour of twelve. By two it was at 139. Before night its lowest quotation was 141. . . . An advance of three and a half per cent. in five hours. At the same time the Stock Market exhibited tokens of excessive febrility, New York Central dropping twenty-three per cent. and Harlem thirteen. Loans had become extremely difficult to negotiate. The most usurious prices for a twenty-four hours' turn were freely paid. The storm was palpably reaching the proportions ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe


Words linked to "Febrility" :   hyperpyrexia, symptom


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