apyrexia

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[a″pi-rek´se-ah]

absence of fever. adj., adj apyrexial, afebrile.

a·py·rex·i·a

(ā'pī-rek'sē-ă),

Absence of fever.

[G. a- priv. + pyrexis, fever]

/apy·rex·ia/ (a″pi-rek´se-ah) absence of fever.

[ā′pīrek′sē·ə]

Etymology: Gk, a + pyrexis, without fever

an absence or remission of fever.

(āpī-reksē-ă)

Absence of fever.

[G. a- priv. + pyrexis, fever]

(āpī-reksē-ă)

Absence of fever.

[G. a- priv. + pyrexis, fever]

absence of fever.

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