ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Febrilize

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Febrilize is a verb meaning (medicine, archaic) To induce fever; to affect with fever.

Meaning

(medicine, archaic) To induce fever; to affect with fever.

Example Sentences

It has been proved, that the accumulation of human effluvia, where fever is not preſent, induces convulſion, and not fever*. We may venture to conclude, that human effluvia muſt be febrilized previous to their becoming infectious, conſequently no infectious fever can ariſe, but through the medium of a febrile body.

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Related dictionary entries include febrilise, fever, enfever, februate, heat, inflame.

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