pyreto-, -pyrexia, -pyrexias, pyrito-
(Greek: fever, feverish, burning heat, hot)
Closely related to the pyro- unit meaning fire, burn.
pyretogenetic
pyretogenic
pyretogenous
pyretograph
A description of fever and its associated phenomena.
pyretographic
A reference to the recording of fever temperature changes.
pyretography
A written description of fevers.
pyretologist
pyretology
That branch of medicine that treats of fever; literally, "the study of fever".
pyretolysis
pyretotherapy
The treatment of disease with the artificial induction of fever.
An excessive dread of having a fever: Daisy's mother suffered from pyrexeophobia because she feared having a bad illness with a high temperature and wouldn't be able to take care of her children.
pyrexia
1. A fever or a febrile condition.
2. An abnormal elevation of the body temperature.
2. An abnormal elevation of the body temperature.
pyrexia, pyrexial, pyrexic, pyrexical
To be feverish.
pyrexiogenic
pyrexy
Related "heat, hot" word units: ferv-; thermo-.
Cross references of word groups that are related, directly, indirectly, or partly to: "fire, burn, glow, or ashes": ars-, ard-; -bust; cand-, cend-; caust-, caut-; crema-; ciner-; ether-; flagr-; flam-; focus, foci-; fulg-; gehenna-; ign-; phleg-; phlog-; pyr-; spod- (ashes; waste); volcan-.
