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Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever..

Malignancy :: Malignancy (n.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever..

Febrifuge :: Febrifuge (n.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever.

Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

Spirograph :: Spirochaete (n.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever..

Obstinate :: Obstinate (a.) Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions..

Septicaemia :: Septicaemia (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs..

Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.

Founder :: Founder (n.) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder..

Febrifacient :: Febrifacient (n.) That which causes fever.

Marasmus :: Marasmus (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

Epidemical :: Epidemical (a.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic..

Feverish :: Feverish (a.) Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world..

Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..

Inirritative :: Inirritative (a.) Not accompanied with excitement; as, an inirritative fever..

Quintan :: Quintan (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever..

Alexipyretic :: Alexipyretic (a.) Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.

Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

Ague :: Ague (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague..

Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease..

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