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| acetaminophen |
a drug used to relieve pain and reduce fever but which does not significantly reduce inflammation. |
| acetanilide |
a white crystalline organic powder produced by the effect of acetic acid on aniline and used to relieve pain and fever. |
| acetophenetidin |
a white powder or crystalline solid used to relieve fever and pain; phenacetin. |
| aedes |
see "yellow fever mosquito." |
| ague |
a fever accompanied by recurring periods of chills and sweating; malarial fever. [1/2 definitions] |
| antiphlogistic |
acting to reduce inflammation or fever. [2 definitions] |
| antipyretic |
diminishing or preventing fever. [2 definitions] |
| apyretic |
having no fever. |
| arbovirus |
any of a number of viruses that are transmitted by certain blood-sucking arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks and that may cause encephalitis, yellow fever, or dengue fever. |
| aspirin |
a drug used to relieve pain and reduce symptoms of fever or inflammation. [1/2 definitions] |
| brucellosis |
a bacteria-induced disease that causes recurring fever and pains in the joints in people and abortions in cattle; undulant fever; Malta fever; Mediterranean fever. |
| bubonic plague |
an epidemic disease caused by bacteria transmitted from rats to humans by fleas, spread by contagion and characterized by chills, fever, swollen glands, and weakness. |
| chicken pox |
a contagious viral disease, usu. of children, that produces fever and skin eruptions. |
| cold sore |
the blisters themselves; fever blister. [1/2 definitions] |
| cold tablet |
a non-prescription tablet usually containing an antihistamine and fever-reducing drug, taken to relieve the symptoms of a cold. |
| delirious |
in, pertaining to, or displaying a temporary state of mental confusion and incoherence, as from a fever or intoxication. [1/2 definitions] |
| delirium |
a temporary state of mental disturbance sometimes caused by high fever, shock, or intoxication, and characterized by confusion, hallucinations, delusions, disturbed speech, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| dengue |
an infectious tropical fever causing a rash and severe pains in the joints. |
| diphtheria |
a severe contagious bacterial infection whose symptoms are high fever and difficulty in breathing. |
| distemper |
any of various infectious viral diseases affecting mammals, characterized by fever and by diarrhea, vomiting and loss of appetite in dogs and cats, and respiratory difficulties in horses. [1/2 definitions] |
| febri- |
fever. |
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