koorts — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ague noun An acute fever.
- fever noun A body temperature higher than normal, usually caused by illness.
- temperature noun A measurement of how hot or cold something is.
Senses
koorts is used for these senses in English:
- ague (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
- fever (symptom) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
- temperature An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.
ague — full definition
- noun An acute fever.
- noun An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.
- noun The cold fit or rigor of an intermittent fever.
- noun A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
fever — full definition
- noun A body temperature higher than normal, usually caused by illness.
- noun A state of intense excitement or agitation.