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| paracetamol |
(chiefly British) a drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever but which does not significantly reduce inflammation; acetaminophen. |
| phlogistic |
of or pertaining to fever or inflammation. [1/2 definitions] |
| plague |
a highly contagious and usually fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis in which victims suffer high fever, chills, and severe exhaustion. [1/6 definitions] |
| pyretic |
of, relating to, causing, or affected by fever. |
| ratbite fever |
either of two infectious diseases transmitted by the bites of rats or other animals, one characterized by inflammation, back and joint pains, headache, and vomiting, and the other by a purplish rash, recurrent fever, and ulceration near the bite. |
| remittent |
marked by a temporary lessening or abatement in intensity or severity, as a fever or illness. |
| Reye's syndrome |
a rare, acute, often fatal disease that chiefly affects children, usu. follows a viral disease, and is characterized by fever, vomiting, enlargement of the brain and liver, and neurological disorders. |
| rheumatic disease |
any of various diseases, such as rheumatic fever or rheumatoid arthritis, that are characterized by inflammation of muscle, connective tissue, or joints. |
| rheumatic fever |
a severe infectious disease whose symptoms include fever and inflammation of the joints and parts of the heart, usu. occurring in children. |
| Rocky Mountain spotted fever |
a disease caused by a microorganism carried to humans by certain North American ticks that is characterized by high fever, rash, and pain in the muscles and joints. |
| rose fever |
a form of hay fever that occurs in spring or early summer as an allergic reaction to rose pollen. |
| rotavirus |
any of a genus (Rotavirus) of double-stranded RNA viruses causing a low-grade fever, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, esp. in infants and young children. |
| scarlatina |
a contagious disease occurring mainly in children, marked by a high fever and a scarlet rash; mild form of scarlet fever. |
| scarlet fever |
an acute contagious disease esp. affecting children, caused by streptococci and characterized by sore throat, fever, and a reddish rash. |
| scrub typhus |
an acute infectious disease of Asia that is transmitted by a mite larva and characterized by fever, rash, skin lesions, and painful swelling of the lymph glands. |
| sleeping sickness |
a usu. fatal infectious disease found in tropical Africa, characterized by fever, weakness, and tremors, and transmitted by tsetse flies. [1/2 definitions] |
| smallpox |
a contagious viral disease characterized by a fever and pus-filled pimples that often leave scars. |
| spotted fever |
any of various infectious diseases transmitted by ticks and characterized by skin eruptions, esp. Rocky Mountain spotted fever. (See tick fever.) [1/2 definitions] |
| strep throat |
an infection of the throat accompanied by fever and pain, caused by streptococcal bacteria. |
| swamp fever |
a viral infection sometimes caught by horses, characterized by fever, uneven gait, and progressive anemia. [1/2 definitions] |
| temperature |
abnormally high body temperature because of infection or illness; fever. [1/3 definitions] |
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