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py⋅ret⋅ic

   [pahy-ret-ik]
–adjective
of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
Origin:
1685–95; < NL pyreticus, equiv. to Gk pyret(ós) fever + L -icus -ic
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py·ret·ic     (pī-rět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Relating to, producing, or affected by fever.

[New Latin pyreticus, from Greek puretos, fever, from pūr, fire; see paəw in Indo-European roots.]
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pyretic

adjective
causing fever [ant: antipyretic] 

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pyretic py·ret·ic (pī-rět'ĭk)
adj.
Relating to, producing, or affected by fever.

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Pyretic

Py*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. ? burning heat, fever, from ? fire: cf. F. pyr['e]tique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.

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