fever

Synonyms:
  • pyrexia
German: Fieber
Japanese: 発熱

Medicine. A rise of the body core temperature above the normal (in human above 38 °C) as a response to infection. In contrast to hyperthermia, fever is characterized by an increase of the body's temperature set-point in the hypothalamus.

Belongs to:
Related to:

Search for publications that include this term