fever
Body temperature spike
Fever is abnormally elevated body temperature, typically indicating the body is fighting infection.
Beyond the medical sense, fever describes intense excitement or agitation: election fever, gold fever, fever pitch.
A fever can grip a person or a whole population: The city was in the grip of World Cup fever.
To be feverish is to have a fever or to act with restless intensity.
Contagious respiratory illness
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- typhoidSalmonella-caused systemic infection
- dengueMosquito-borne viral disease
pneumonia · tuberculosis · cold · virus · infection · sickness · disease · ailment
Shivering spells from illness
- sweatingMoisture through pores
- shiveringInvoluntary bodily trembling
- achesDull persistent pains
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
weakness · dehydration · pallor · malaise · headache · nausea · flushed · clammy
Intense emotional intensity
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- crazeShort-lived popular obsession
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
obsession · pitch · hysteria · enthusiasm · contagious · gripped · swept · catch
Heat-measuring instrument
- pyrexiaElevated body temperature
- hyperthermiaDangerously elevated body temperature
- elevatedRaised above usual level
- spikingRising sharply upward
breaking · degrees · reading · forehead · rectal · oral · clinical · mercury
Perception without external cause
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
incoherence · rambling · frenzy · madness · nightmare · vision · tremor · ravings
Great in altitude
- mildModerate in intensity
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
chronic · persistent · relentless · spiking · peaking · intermittent · fluctuating · worsening
flu
Contagious respiratory illness
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
- typhoidSalmonella-caused systemic infection
dengue · pneumonia · tuberculosis · cold · virus · infection · sickness · disease · ailment · malady
chills
Shivering spells from illness
fatigue · weakness · dehydration · pallor · malaise · headache · nausea · flushed · clammy · bedridden
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- crazeShort-lived popular obsession
mania · obsession · pitch · hysteria · enthusiasm · contagious · gripped · swept · catch · spreading
thermometer
Heat-measuring instrument
- pyrexiaElevated body temperature
- hyperthermiaDangerously elevated body temperature
- elevatedRaised above usual level
spiking · breaking · degrees · reading · forehead · rectal · oral · clinical · mercury · baseline
hallucination
Perception without external cause
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
agitation · incoherence · rambling · frenzy · madness · nightmare · vision · tremor · ravings · babbling
high
Great in altitude
acute · chronic · persistent · relentless · spiking · peaking · intermittent · fluctuating · worsening · escalating
- Heat & Temperaturethermometer, degree, Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- symptomsheadache, pain, nausea, rash, cough
- ailmentsache, aches, ailment, cold, flu
- feverpyrexia, body temperature, core temperature, temperature spike, temperature drop
- illness symptomschills, aches, headache, cough, coughing
feverhealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · healthiness · robustness · wholeness · soundness
- hay feverAllergic rhinitis from pollen
- high feverElevated body temperature, alarming
- cabin feverDistress from extended confinement
- run a feverHave above-normal temperature
- running a feverHaving elevated body temperature
- fever dreamHallucinatory episode during illness
feverish, fevered, fevers, feverishly, feverishness, typhoid fever, yellow fever, fever pitch, feverlike