| febricant | 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
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| febricula | A simple continued fever; a mild fever of short duration, of indefinite origin, and without any distinctive pathology. Origin: L. Dim. Of febris, fever (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrifacient | 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| febriferous | Synonym: febrifacient. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + fero, to bear, + -ous (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrific | 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrifugal | <pharmacology> An agent that relieves or reduces fever. Synonym: antifebrile, antithermic, febrifuge. Origin: Gr. Pyretos = fever (13 Nov 1997) |
| febrifuge | <medicine> A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. Origin: L. Febris fever + fugare to put to flight, from fugere to flee: cf. F. Febrifuge. See Febrile, Feverfew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| febrile | <symptom> Pertaining to or characterised by fever. Origin: L. Febrilis (18 Nov 1997) |
| febrile agglutinins | <investigation> A serologic fluorescent antibody screen that indicates infection with the rickettsial bacteria which is responsible for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This test may also be positive in brucellosis, salmonella infection and tularaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| febrile albuminuria | Albuminuria associated with fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile convulsion | A brief seizure, lasting less than 15 minutes, seen in a neurologically normal infant or young child, associated with fever. Synonym: febrile seizure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile crisis | The stage in a febrile disease when spontaneous defervescence occurs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile psychosis | A psychosis following an acute infection, shock, or chronic intoxication; begins as delirium followed by pronounced mental confusion with hallucinations and unsystematised delusions, and sometimes stupor. Synonym: febrile psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile seizure | <neurology, paediatrics> A convulsion that occurs secondary to a rapid increase in body temperature. Common in infants under two years of age. (27 Sep 1997) |
| febrile urine | Dark coloured, concentrated urine of strong odour, passed by one suffering from fever. Synonym: feverish urine. (05 Mar 2000) |