fever
English Thesaurus
1. intense nervous anticipation (noun.feeling)
| hyponym | : | buck fever, |
| definition | : | nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | gold fever, |
| definition | : | greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush (noun.feeling) |
2. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | symptom, |
| definition | : | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | hyperpyrexia, |
| definition | : | extremely high fever (especially in children) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | feverish, feverous, |
| definition | : | having or affected by a fever (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | febrile, feverish, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characterized by fever (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | pyrectic, |
| definition | : | having or causing fever (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | feverish, feverous, |
| definition | : | having or affected by a fever (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | febrile, feverish, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characterized by fever (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | pyrectic, |
| definition | : | having or causing fever (adj.pert) |
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