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Malarial fever fits
Ague is an archaic term for fever, especially the recurring chills and sweating of malaria.
The word survives mainly in literature and the expression ague fit, describing violent shivering.
Figuratively, ague can mean any trembling or shaking from fear or cold: An ague seized him at the sight.
Shivering spells from illness
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- shiveringInvoluntary bodily trembling
- pyrexiaElevated body temperature
- febrileHaving a fever
temperature · flushed · burning · hot · feverish · paroxysm · rigor · malaise
Multinucleate protoplasmic mass
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- quinineAntimalarial alkaloid from bark
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- antimalarialDrug preventing tropical fever
endemic · swamp · marsh · miasma · prophylaxis · vivax · blackwater · paroxysm
Involuntary bodily trembling
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
quivering · shuddering · quaking · goosebumps · convulsion · spasm
Accommodates someone's wishes
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- physicMedicinal substance or treatment
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- leechesBlood-drinking segmented worms
miasma · quinine · fen · lowland · colonial · plantation · old-world · archaic
chills
Shivering spells from illness
febrile · temperature · flushed · burning · hot · feverish · paroxysm · rigor · malaise · weakness
plasmodium
Multinucleate protoplasmic mass
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- quinineAntimalarial alkaloid from bark
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
antimalarial · endemic · swamp · marsh · miasma · prophylaxis · vivax · blackwater · paroxysm
shivering
Involuntary bodily trembling
trembling · quivering · shuddering · quaking · goosebumps · convulsion · spasm
humors
Accommodates someone's wishes
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- physicMedicinal substance or treatment
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
leeches · miasma · quinine · fen · lowland · colonial · plantation · old-world · archaic
intermittent
Occurring at irregular intervals
relapsing · episodic · recurring · pattern · bout · attack · fit · spell · wave · regular
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- Crosswordesealee, aloe, epee, erne, etui
- medieval medicinebloodletting, leeching, four humors, humors, barber-surgeons
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, apoplexy, phthisis, catarrh
- Old Diseasesplague, smallpox, cholera, typhus, typhoid