remission of a fever

  • 1Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …

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  • 2Fever therapy — Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the past by deliberately raising the patient s temperature to cause fever. Fever therapy was pioneered by the Austrian neuropsychiatrist Julius Wagner von… …

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  • 3Therapy, fever — Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the past by deliberately raising the patient s temperature to cause fever. Fever therapy was pioneered by the Austrian neuropsychiatrist Julius Wagner von… …

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  • 4Malarial fever — Remittent Re*mit tent (r? m?t tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. r[ e]mittent.] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. [1913 Webster] {Remittent fever} (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular… …

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  • 5Remittent fever — Remittent Re*mit tent (r? m?t tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. r[ e]mittent.] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. [1913 Webster] {Remittent fever} (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular… …

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  • 6Colorado tick fever — Pathol. a usually mild viral disease occurring in the Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, carried by a tick, Dermacentor andersoni, and characterized by fever, sensitivity to light, headache, and leg and back pain. [1955 60] * * * ▪… …

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  • 7From off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …

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  • 8Off — ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. [1913… …

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  • 9Off and on — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …

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  • 10To be badly off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …

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