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An acute fever. [Obs.] "Brenning agues." P. Plowman.

Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n.

canthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.

Pertaining to anabasis; as, an anabatic fever. [Obs.]

lation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever.

Good against an inflammatory fever. -- n.

enting the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers.

The condition or state of being free from fever.

Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n.

An artificial alkaloid, believed to be efficient in abating fever.

ertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.

Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever. Dunglison.

The absence or intermission of fever.

a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.

The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

ity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel.

destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever. Macaulay. Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. B. Stewart.

berries are made into a preserve or sauce, and have been deemed efficacious in fluxes and fevers. The bark dyes a fine yellow, esp. the bark of the root. [Also spelt berberry.]

lored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.

To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.