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Hyperpyrexia

A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.

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Fever 76% connected

A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, t…

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Pyrexia 76% connected

The febrile condition.

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Antipyretic noun · 78% connection

any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever

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CBR noun · 78% connection

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CMB noun · 78% connection

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CMBR noun · 78% connection

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Cosmic background radiation noun · 78% connection

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Cosmic microwave background noun · 78% connection

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Cosmic microwave background radiation noun · 78% connection

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Decrease noun · 78% connection

a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

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A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of…

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Dew-point noun · 78% connection

The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

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Diabetes noun · 78% connection

A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quanti…

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Drop-off noun · 78% connection

a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

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Elevation noun · 78% connection

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, et…

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