febrile.

1. Relating to or showing a fever.

2. Marked by intense, restless excitement or nervous activity.

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Words that belong together

• febrile illness
• febrile patient

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The patient remained febrile despite the cooler air in the ward.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Usually relational in medical use; figurative comparative more febrile and superlative most febrile are natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.