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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.
Pyrexial
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Pyrexical
Example Sentences:
(1) To determine whether contamination of the catheter was the cause of pyrexis in patients receiving total parenteral nutrition through central venous catheters, semiquantitative culture of blood drawn through the line kept in place was performed.
(2) An abnormal postoperative pyrexial response, as defined in this text, is thus a poor sign of DVT.
(3) The appearance of a diastolic murmur in a pyrexial patient 15 days after trauma was suggestive of infectious endocarditis.
(4) Thus, the pyrexial group exhibited a particularly high ratio of positive reactions, and in fact exanthemic cases with concomitant symptoms (eosinophilia, pyrexia, hepatopathy, etc.)
(5) Seventy-one patients (47%) had 'definite' infection: 95% were pyrexial.
(6) Fever and headache were the commonest symptoms overall, but 12,5% of patients were never pyrexial.
(7) Fifteen patients were pyrexial at the time of their cytomegalovirus infection.
(8) The greater adverse effects of pyrexial temperatures on Clone 64d appears to explain the earlier reduction of upper respiratory tract infection seen in ferrets infected with this attenuated clone.
(9) Nine thousand four hundred thirty three pyrexial cases were screened for the evidence of Malaria and Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among the rural tribal population of seven primary health centres in the malarial endemic areas of Udaipur District in Southern Rajasthan.
(10) Six neonates had bacteriological evidence of infection, one other was pyrexial and 29 had radiological evidence compatible with respiratory tract infection.
(11) The patient was pyrexial, oblivious of her surroundings, and without pain.
(12) An acute overdosage of 30 mg of pizotifen causing a pyrexial illness is reported.
(13) It also provides a rapid and reliable means of excluding a pelvic or perirenal abscess in the pyrexial patient.
(14) Throughout the study period a total of 90 pyrexial episodes were monitored in which organisms designated to be pathogens were isolated from blood cultures on 38 occasions.
(15) He complained of general fatigue and was pyrexial with generalised non-tender lymphadenopathy.
(16) A questionnaire was used to document the incidence of pyrexia, the age, sex, specific diagnosis and the subsequent management of pyrexial patients.
(17) Four patients were unassessable (tuberculous, viral, protocol violation, and non-infectious pyrexial episode).
(18) A patient presenting with a pyrexial illness and transiently deranged liver function tests is described.
(19) They once again point to the need of frequent checks of white cell count in the drug treatment of pyrexial diseases.
(20) When the illness starts with hepatic colic, a pyrexy with a painful right hypochondria and a painful liver-swelling, if the positive diagnosis, that can have been made from the cutaneous allergy test, the R.A.S.T.