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The word febris was printed with the diphthong œ, so Stephens excused himself by saying in the errata that "le chalcographe a fait une fièvre longue (foebrem) quoique une fièvre courte (febrem) soit moins dangereux."
Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error" 1893
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XXXII. and termed irritative fever, it frequently happens that pain is excited by the violence of the fibrous contractions; and other new motions are then superadded, in consequence of sensation, which we shall term febris sensitiva, or sensitive fever.
Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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If it be attended with strong pulse, it is termed febris sensitiva irritata, or pyrexia, or inflammation; if with a weak pulse, it is termed febris sensitiva inirritata, or typhus gravior, or malignant fever.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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The Romans celebrated the sacred febris or sexual frenzy of the Goddess Juno in mid February, the time when the birds in Italy mate.
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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The Romans celebrated the sacred febris or sexual frenzy of the Goddess Juno in mid February, the time when the birds in Italy mate.
Donna Henes: On Valentines And Vulvas Donna Henes 2011
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Pork, of all meats, is most nutritive in his own nature, [1351] but altogether unfit for such as live at ease, are any ways unsound of body or mind: too moist, full of humours, and therefore noxia delicatis, saith Savanarola, ex earum usu ut dubitetur an febris quartana generetur: naught for queasy stomachs, insomuch that frequent use of it may breed a quartan ague.
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Periódicamente arrasto-me para fora da cama em busca de chá quente e medicamentos anti-gripais e anti-febris.
Gripe Artur 2006
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Rediit febris hectica: rediit asthma cum anxietate, tusse et dolore lateris lancinanti.
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Regarde la lettre B, il verra, Vespere febris exacerbatur.
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Hac vero translatione febris minuitur: interdiu remittitur.
biocon commented on the word febris
Febris means fever (OED).
January 30, 2012