calenture
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.cal·en·ture
noun \ˈka-lən-ˌchu̇r\Definition of CALENTURE
: a fever formerly supposed to affect sailors in the tropics
Origin of CALENTURE
Spanish calentura, from calentar to heat, from Latin calent-, calens, present participle of calēre to be warm — more at lee
First Known Use: 1582
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