febrile

How To Use febrile In A Sentence

• He appeared to be doing well until he was found to be lethargic, confused, febrile, and hypotensive 2 years after his initial diagnosis of lymphoma.
• Neither carbamazepine nor phenytoin are effective in preventing recurrent febrile seizures.
• Febrile convulsions can be frightening for parents, especially as they look like epileptic fits.
• They were all warmly welcomed by the Athenian population - but the atmosphere was febrile. Times, Sunday Times
• Systemic maternal febrile infections such as pyelonephritis have been associated with preterm delivery.
• In Cairo, the already febrile atmosphere grew more ugly throughout the day. Times, Sunday Times
• It has been doubted, whether aphtha or thrush, which consists of ulcers in the mouth, should be enumerated amongst febrile diseases; and whether these ulcers are always symptomatic, or the consequence rather than the cause of the fevers which attend them. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
• The great pop groups tend to come from our inner cities - the bigger and more febrile the city, the better. Times, Sunday Times
• Illnesses that most commonly cause febrile convulsions include viral upper respiratory infections such as flu, ear infections, or roseola (a virus causing a temperature and rash).
• -- In myxedema one of the cardinal symptoms is a persistently subnormal temperature and, though prone to infection, subjects of myxedema show but feeble febrile response and readily succumb. The Origin and Nature of the Emotions: Miscellaneous Papers