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{ ‖ } n. [ NL. apyrexia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; to be feverish, fr. &unr_; fire: cf. F. apyrexie. ] (Med.) The absence or intermission of fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hyper-, and Pyrexia. ] (Med.) A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pyrexiæ [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to be feverish, akin to &unr_; fever. ] (Med.) The febrile condition. [ 1913 Webster ]