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Definition of Febrility
1. Noun. A rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Specialized synonyms: Hyperpyrexia
Derivative terms: Feverous, Feverish, Feverish, Pyrectic
Definition of Febrility
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Febrility
Literary usage of Febrility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of surgery: theoretical and practical v.5 by Timothy Holmes (1870)
"The febrility commonly commences very quickly, within a few hours after the ...
In some cases the febrility does not become manifest until the second day, ..."
2. The Rocky Mountain Medical Times (1882)
"Now, it deserves to be considered whether this febrility occuring on the third
day be really due to ... Thus it is that febrility occurs on the third day. ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"The symptoms are wasting and anaemia, febrility, the existence of some tumour or
... He has some febrility and a little sign of mischief at the apex of the ..."
4. Transactions of the Epidemiological Society of London by Epidemiological society of London (1907)
"The febrility did not appear to exceed that which accompanies the earlier stages
of any acute catarrh, and was of short duration. In connexion with attacks ..."
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