Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as pyrexial.

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  • adjective rare feverish, pyretic

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Examples

  • Three of the horses developed acute colic, and the other progressively lost weight and became inappetent and pyrexic.

    Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines 2009

  • Three of the horses developed acute colic, and the other progressively lost weight and became inappetent and pyrexic.

    Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines 2009

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