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pyretic

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py⋅ret⋅ic

  [pahy-ret-ik]
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–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)   
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 py·ret·ic (pī-rět'ĭk)
adj.
Relating to, producing, or affected by fever.

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