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.
pyrexeophobia, pyrexiophobia (s) (noun) (no plural)
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.
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-.