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7 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
originFrom post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).
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