What is the medical term meaning feverish?

Answer 1

An antipyretic is a drug that stops or prevents fever. pyr- comes from Greek for fire.

Febricide is also used to refer things that "kill" or reduce a fever. Febr- is from Latin for fire or heat.

Answer 2

The medical term for a fever is pyrexia. The prefixes pyr-, pyreto-, pyro- mean fire or heat (as in pyromaniac) and come from the Greek.

A person who has pyrexia is said to be "febrile", meaning they have a fever. The condition of having a fever is also called febricity. The prefix febr- is from the Latin word for fever.

Other related terms:

Some medical terms relating to fever are:

• Febrile means due to, related to or associated with fever, as a "febrile seizure".
• Febricide is that which "destroys" or reduces a fever, as aspirin.
• Antipyretic also means fever reducer medicine.
• Febrifacient is that which produces fever.

Answer 3

The medical term for fever is pyrexia (triggered change in core temperature).

A related term is hyperthermia, which is more specifically the failure of thermal bioregulation, as seen in heat stroke.

Answer 4

The term for before the onset of a fever is prefebrile. Afebrile means without fever.

Answer 5

Febrile is the medical adjective meaning pertaining to fever. Pyrexia is another medical term for fever -- a noun.
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Answer 6

A pyrogen is something that causes a fever. Pyrogenic is the related adjective.

Answer 7

that you temp is higher then 97 degrees Fahrenheit

Answer 8

"Was febrile" is the medical term meaning "had a fever."

Answer 9

Febrile means feverish in medical terms.