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Chills and fever   /tʃɪlz ənd fˈivər/   Listen
Chills and fever

noun
1.
Successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria.  Synonym: ague.






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"Chills and fever" Quotes from Famous Books



... back to work, but came home early. He was trembling from head to foot. It was hot summer weather, but he could not be kept warm. After several hours a reaction set in and Corney was in a high fever. The family knew well now that he had the dreaded chills and fever of the backwoods. Margat went out and gathered a lapful of pipsissewa to make tea, of which Corney was encouraged to ...
— Animal Heroes • Ernest Thompson Seton

... doctor. Dere was in them days lots of rattlesnakes; had to be keerful of them. Then us hear lots and had lots of chills and fever. They found de remedy, but they was way off 'bout what make them come on you. Some 'low it was de miasma dat de devil bring 'round you from de swamp and settle 'round your face whilst you sleep, and soon as he git you ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves • Works Projects Administration



Words linked to "Chills and fever" :   quartan, symptom, malaria



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