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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
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