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Pyretic   Listen
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Pyretic  adj.  (Med.) Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.






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"Pyretic" Quotes from Famous Books



... some cases it has produced ringing in the ears or deafness, or a rapid pulse, or an excessively high temperature, panting respiration, profuse perspiration, albuminuria, delirium, and imminent collapse. In one published case this anti-pyretic did not lower, but, on the contrary, seemed actually to raise the temperature so high that immediately after death it stood at 110 F. Many, very many, analogous cases have been published. I repeat, therefore, ...
— Scientific American Suppl. No. 299 • Various



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