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Definition of Calenture
1. n. A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.
2. v. i. To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
Definition of Calenture
1. Noun. A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics. ¹
2. Noun. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calenture
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calenture
Literary usage of Calenture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A treatise on the theory and practice of medicine by John Syer Bristowe (1880)
"... it becomes essential to support the patient's strength by food and tonics. B.
Sunstroke. (Coup de^Soleil. calenture. ..."
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