fever

noun

ˈfē-vər How to pronounce fever (audio)
Definition of fevernext
1
as in disease
an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that

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2
as in frenzy
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said

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Recent Examples of fever Travelers should seek medical care if diarrhea persists or worsens, particularly if it is accompanied by a fever, bloody stools or signs of dehydration. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Other signs include vomiting, body aches, headache, low-grade fever and other flu-like symptoms. — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 Blood in the stool and higher fevers are more common than with norovirus. — Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 But while The Odyssey fever is in full swing, fascination with the beauty signatures of Ancient Greece is hardly new. — Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fever
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fever
  1. disease
  2. frenzy
  3. illness
  4. rampage
  5. ailment
  6. ill
  7. sickness
Noun
  • DeepMind’s AlphaFold, for example, has used to AI to make available new structures for more than 200 million proteins, opening new pathways for research into disease and medicine.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • The lab got its start with studies of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the 1900s, when ranchers and cattle were dying from the then-unknown disease.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of disease
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  • The feeding frenzy for Parsons follows the similar hunt to land Obsession director Barker’s next original project.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026
  • After all, cyclosporiasis cases traditionally rise in the summer, and the frenzy of news around the parasite likely prompted people who typically would have weathered the illness at home to get tested.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of frenzy
Noun
  • Cyclosporiasis has been sickening thousands of people across the country, particularly in Michigan, recently with an intestinal illness causing explosive diarrhea with severe stomach cramps, bloating, nausea, fatigue, and unintended weight loss.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
  • Michigan, the state with the highest case count, has recorded more than 5,000 illnesses as of July 17.
    — Jaewon Kang, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Definition of illness
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  • The plane carrying the deportees arrived on the same day the United Nations confirmed that a deadly gang rampage in the hills above Port-au-Prince had left at least 61 people dead, including 14 children.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Closing arguments in the guilt phase of Carlos Dominguez’s second murder trial in the 2003 stabbing rampage that left two Davis men dead and critically injured a third victim began Tuesday afternoon in Yolo Superior Court.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of rampage
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  • The right-hander has been dealing with the ailment for more than a month.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • But a lingering issue with his left knee is the most serious ailment on his docket.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of ailment
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  • Blaming billionaire wealth-hoarding for America’s ills would poll very well among the nation’s anthropology departments.
    — Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
  • Last month, Kwon’s team, in collaboration with Seongju Kim at Hanbat National University, in Daejeon, South Korea, presented its solution to HBM’s future ills.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Definition of ill
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  • The true sickness is the conditions that so many infants endure through no fault of their own, which lead to these outcomes.
    — Ronald J. Allen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
  • And while children, the elderly and those with certain sicknesses or medications are most susceptible to heat illness – these temperatures affect everyone.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Definition of sickness

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