pyrexial

A patient is pyrexial and resting in a hospital bed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to fever: "pyrexial" describes a condition or state associated with or characterized by fever, typically in a medical context.
   • Feverish: It can also mean exhibiting symptoms of fever, such as elevated body temperature.

Usage Examples

• (The patient had a fever, suggesting an infection.)
• (Fever-related symptoms include chills, sweating, and high temperature.)

Advanced Usage

• "Pyrexial episode": a period of fever.

  • The child experienced a brief pyrexial episode after receiving the vaccine. (The child had a short fever after vaccination.)

• "Pyrexial response": the body's reaction to infection or inflammation by raising temperature.

  • A pyrexial response is a common immune defense mechanism. (Fever is a typical immune reaction.)

Variants and Related Words

• Pyrexia (noun): the medical term for fever.

  • Pyrexia is often treated with antipyretics. (Fever is often treated with fever-reducing drugs.)

• Pyrexic (adjective): an alternative form of pyrexial, meaning the same.

  • The patient was pyrexic and required monitoring. (The patient had a fever and needed observation.)

Synonyms

• Febrile: relating to or characterized by fever.

  • The febrile child was given fluids and rest. (The feverish child was given fluids and rest.)

• Feverish: having or showing symptoms of fever.

  • She felt feverish and took her temperature. (She felt like she had a fever and checked her temperature.)

Related Idioms

• "Running a temperature": having a fever (informal).

  • He's been running a temperature all day, so he stayed home. (He has had a fever all day.)

• "Under the weather": feeling ill, often with fever-like symptoms (informal).

  • I'm feeling a bit under the weather today. (I feel slightly unwell, possibly with a fever.)