calenture
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cal·en·ture
(kăl′ən-cho͝or′)n.
A tropical fever once believed to be caused by the heat.
[Spanish calentura, from calentar, to heat, from Latin calēns, calent-, present participle of calēre, to be warm; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]
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calenture
(ˈkælənˌtjʊə)n
(Pathology) a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
[C16: from Spanish calentura fever, ultimately from Latin calēre to be warm]
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cal•en•ture
(ˈkæl ən tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər)n.
a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.
[1585–95; earlier calentura < Sp: fever]
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calenture
a tropical f ever accompanied by delirium.
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