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calentural

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cal⋅en⋅ture

  [kal-uhn-cher, -choor]
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–noun
Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
Origin:
1585–95; earlier calentura < Sp: fever, equiv. to calent(ar) to heat (< L calent-, s. of calēns, prp. of calēre to be hot) + -ura -ure

Related forms:
cal⋅en⋅tu⋅ral, cal⋅en⋅tu⋅rish, adjective
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