fever
fee ver
- n a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
- n intense nervous anticipation
in a fever of resentment
- She had had a fever for the last several days, a slight runny nose, not much of an appetite because her throat hurt, and she was very tired.
- The Government last week knew of 6,070 cases of scarlet fever in the country.
- The present scarlet fever season was an opportune time for two German investigators at Wiesbaden last week to announce that they had isolated the scarlet fever bacillus.