fever
- noun
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A state in which your body becomes much hotter than normal because you are ill.
Her fever climbed during the night, so we phoned the doctor.
The medicine brought his fever down within about half an hour.
She cannot go back to school until the fever is gone.
He shivered under two blankets, yet his forehead burned with fever.
Common collocations: have a fever · run a fever · a high fever · bring the fever down · the fever breaks
Part of: Illnesses and symptoms, At the doctor's