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Feverous

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Fe´ver`ous
a.1.Affected with fever or ague; feverish.
His heart, love's feverous citadel.
- Keats.
2.Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.
All maladies . . . all feverous kinds.
- Milton.
3.Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year.
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Adj.1.feverous - having or affected by a fever
feverish
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"


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Although the pediatrician often shares parental concern that repeated feverous infections overstress the young child's fragile organism, fever most often supports development and individualization, although it is sometimes a warning signal, indicating weakness in the child's defense against his environment.
Childhood fevers by Baldwin, Rahima / Mothering
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