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October 16, 2012
febrile • adjective

Febrile is an adjective that means "related to fever." It can be used in a medical sense when someone is sick and running a temperature, or to mean a state of excitement or energy.

When febrile is used to describe a fever due to illness, it is often used together with the word seizure. A febrile seizure is a seizure triggered by a fever. In a non-medical sense, the word can describe a state of excitement, as in, "The atmosphere in the city was febrile as the king's coronation date approached." You might think the fe in the word sounds like "fee," but it is actually pronounced "feh," as in February.

18 comments:

  1. When i play basketball in the rain,the next day i get a febrile.

    Lazaro Perez
    Period:5/6
    Foster

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  2. When i stay sweaty from practise and dont take a bath i get febrile.



    carlos garrido mrs.foster 5 6

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  3. When I get in the pool when it's raining I get febrile

    Dayanay Miranda Foster P.5/6

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  4. When the weather gets to cold I get febrile once in a while.

    melissa beltre ms. foster P:5&6

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  5. Marcelo Coppola (Foster) P;5&6
    When i run around naked in my house and its cold, the next day i get febrile.

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  6. When its starts to sprinkle rain and I just stay there I get febrile.

    Paula bodan
    per 5&6
    mrs.foster

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  7. Febrile convulsions are not serious.
    period.5
    ms.foster
    Carlos Diaz

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  8. Febrile is on of the first sign of most sickness.
    Shazira Alvarez
    Ms.Foster
    Period.05/06

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  9. Andy Dominguez
    Mrs.Foster
    Period 5 & 6
    I hate it when i feel very febrile.

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  10. I always get so febrile during my favorite holidays.

    cristian hernandez
    foster
    per.5

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  12. Last month anthony didnt get very good sleep do to the febrile dream.

    Claudia Ordaz
    Ms.Allen
    Per.1,2

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  13. The patient was febrile ,therefore he was rushed to the hospital

    Daniel Tolentino
    Mesa
    1st and 6th period

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  14. Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&6

    In this febrile mix, the tales about the source of some rumours sound almost as fanciful as the rumours themselves.

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  15. my doctors has never told me that i have febrile.
    roxette period5&6
    mrs.allein

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  16. erika guevara p#3
    ms.allen
    Febrile reactions which may have been due to red cell incompatibility.

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  17. Nassir Hazim
    p. 1 and 2
    ms. allen
    Febrile is a very dangerous disease.

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  18. Gabriel Lopez
    Ms.Allen
    Period.5&6

    Febrile fits are relatively common - 1 in 20 children under the age of 5 have had a febrile fits are relatively common - 1 in 20 children under the age of 5 have had a febrile fit during a high temperature.

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