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   Py·rex·i·a

   /pīˈreksēə/

   

   noun

   • 1. raised body temperature; fever: "nine patients had unexplained pyrexia"

   Word Origin mid 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek purexis, from puressein ‘be feverish’, from pur ‘fire’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pyrexial adjective
   • 2. pyrexic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 19

   • P

     3

   • Y

     4

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

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