What's the difference between fever and pyrexia?

Fever


Definition:

  • (n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
  • (n.) Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
  • (v. t.) To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The simultaneous administration of the yellow fever vaccine did not influence the titre of agglutinins induced by the classic cholera vaccine.
  • (2) It has also been reported in a severe form with fever and systemic symptoms both in children and adults.
  • (3) This paper analyzes the nucleotide sequences of three viruses: Kunjin, west Nile, and yellow fever.
  • (4) Twelve strains of the Crimean hemorrhagic fever (CHF)-Congo group of viruses the Bunyaviridae family were investigated with respect to sensitivity to lipid solvents and temperature, pathogenicity for animals, interactions with cell cultures and antigenic relationships.
  • (5) A 45-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of fever and lumbago.
  • (6) Although the incidence of acute rheumatic fever has declined in the last decades, a few outbreaks have recently been reported.
  • (7) The clinical features were fever, anemia, and pulmonary embolism.
  • (8) No cases of rheumatic fever and no acute nephritis appeared in spite of the vigorous immune response to both cellular and extracellular antigens of group A streptococci documented in 50% to 80% of patients, suggesting that strain variation may be a feature of rheumatogenicity as well as nephritogenicity of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
  • (9) imbalance between production and elimination of heat, or to fever, i.e.
  • (10) Early diagnosis (fever, increase of leucocytes and toxic signs in differential blood count, thrombocythemia, decrease of anorganic phosphate), prophylaxis, and treatment are discussed.
  • (11) All of them had fever, jaundice, abdominal pain, leucocytosis and deranged liver function while 26.6% were in shock, 13.3% in coma and 40% in azotaemia.
  • (12) On land, the pits' stagnant pools of water become breeding grounds for dengue fever and malaria.
  • (13) Most cases of typhoid fever in the United States occur in international travelers, with the greatest risk associated with travel to Peru, India, Pakistan, and Chile.
  • (14) Thirty-six per cent of 972 patients developed fever (temperature exceeding 38 degrees C).
  • (15) Fever was also associated with a higher incidence of lymphopenia, hyponatraemia, hypoalbuminaemia and many acid-fast bacilli on sputum smear.
  • (16) --The frequency of common clinical manifestations (eg, headache, fever, and rash) and laboratory findings (eg, leukocyte and platelet counts and serum chemistry abnormalities) of patients with infectious diseases was tabulated.
  • (17) We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who developed hypersensitivity after 3 weeks of therapy with azathioprine with fever, jaundice and renal insufficiency.
  • (18) Pichinde virus inoculation into strain 13 guinea pigs is a model with features reputed to be similar to hemorrhagic fever in humans.
  • (19) A case of post streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis co-existing with acute rheumatic fever is reported.
  • (20) The immunofluorescent method is rapid and simple, and is recommended for routine detection of serum antibody in dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Pyrexia


Definition:

  • (n.) The febrile condition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Host responses and neuroendocrinological changes during pyrexia in childhood were studied.
  • (2) These findings suggest that oral or axillary temperature measurements are inadequate screening tests for pyrexia in the elderly.
  • (3) An outbreak of the pruritus, pyrexia, haemorrhagic syndrome affected eight of a herd of 175 cows which was divided into two groups of 115 and 60 according to yield.
  • (4) A 59-year-old woman hospitalised because of dyspnea and a heart murmur in a context of pyrexia was found to have evidence of obstruction of the pulmonary arterial system, clearly defined by ultrasonography, catheterisation and angiography and Imatron scan.
  • (5) Wound infection, wound haematoma and one unexplained pyrexia were the only complications seen.
  • (6) When the colostrum-deprived newborn calves immunized with the rs-52 strain were challenged with the virulent NMK7 strain of BRS virus, they exhibited no pyrexia or other abnormal clinical signs at all.
  • (7) A 22-year-old man presented with multiple raised erythematous skin lesions, pyrexia and epistaxis.
  • (8) An intermittent pyrexia was also seen without infective etiology.
  • (9) The indirect hemagglutination test is of diagnostic value in cases with involvement of the internal organs or pyrexia of unknown origin.
  • (10) They all developed high temperatures, pyrexia, diarrhoea, vomitting or itching and some had convulsions.
  • (11) Disseminated aspergillosis attributable to Aspergillus deflectus was diagnosed in a Springer Spaniel with lethargy, lameness, anorexia, weight loss, pyrexia, lymphadenopathy, hematuria, and urinary incontinence.
  • (12) Toxic reactions included pyrexia, headache, and malaise, which were mild to moderate.
  • (13) The morbidity including postoperative pyrexia revealed no difference between drained and undrained patients.
  • (14) It revealed that the adverse reactions were nausea, vomiting, abdominal colic, diarrhea, dizziness, headache and pyrexia.
  • (15) Two children presented with pyrexia, macular erythroderma, vomiting, hypotension and rapid deterioration of consciousness.
  • (16) Although the mechanism is not yet understood, it appears to be a coincidence of delayed hypersensitivity of the tuberculin type and a less-delayed phenomenon of excessive local edema associated with local lymphadenopathy and short-lasting symptoms of malaise and pyrexia.
  • (17) All the infected heifers developed clinical trypanosomiasis manifested by massive parasitaemia, fluctuating pyrexia, anaemia, dull hair coat, emaciation, jugular pulse and enlarged superficial lymph nodes.
  • (18) A positive reaction was noted in 92 of 481 ophthalmological cases; two of 17 lymphadenopathy cases; none in 36 cerebral palsy cases and four of 40 miscellaneous cases comprising pyrexia of unknown aetiology, recurrent abortions etc.
  • (19) The only manifestation of infection of the baby's mother was a slight pyrexia three days before delivery which subsided quickly after treatment with ampicillin.
  • (20) Both viruses caused persistent pyrexia and leukopenia, the NSW strain 4 to 5 days and the virulent strain 3 days, after inoculation.

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