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Definition of Febrific
1. a. Producing fever.
Definition of Febrific
1. Adjective. Feverish, inflamed. ¹
2. Adjective. Hot-tempered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Febrific
1. feverish [adj] - See also: feverish
Medical Definition of Febrific
1. 1. Causing or favouring the development of fever. Synonym: febriferous, febrific. 2. Anything that produces fever. See: pyrogenic. Synonym: febricant. Origin: L. Febris, fever, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Febrific
Literary usage of Febrific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maryland Medical Recorder by Horatio Gates Jameson (1831)
"As to the report of Mr. Howard respecting the governor at the French Hospital at
Smyrna, and of the fetor in his house, we may observe, that the febrific ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"As these febrific poisons have their own action on the system, and excite morbid
changes peculiar to themselves, it is important to inquire how far the ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1853)
"It is evident, indeed, that just as with drugs generally, the reaction against
febrific poisons, and the morbid and morbific effects they induce, ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Derangements of the Liver, Digestive Organs, and by James Johnson (1818)
"Another circumstance which appears to give additional power to this febrific
cause, is, the natural exhaustion wh ich takes place in the human frame, ..."
5. Pneumonia: Its Supposed Connection, Pathological and Etiological, with by René La Roche (1854)
"... had been dried effectually and to a great depth by the heat of summer, and
thereby putting it in a,.state capable of evolving febrific effluvia. ..."
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