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pyrexic

pyrexic adjective: feverish, pyretic.

Adjective

pyrexic (comparative more pyrexic, superlative most pyrexic)

  1. (rare) feverish, pyretic

Forms of pyrexic

comparativemore pyrexic
superlativemost pyrexic

Origin of pyrexic

From pyrexia + -ic.

Words formed from pyrexic

Questions about pyrexic

What does pyrexic mean?
Pyrexic means feverish, pyretic.
What part of speech is pyrexic?
Pyrexic is an adjective.

Words near pyrexic in the dictionary

  1. pyrex
  2. pyrexia
  3. pyrexiae
  4. pyrexial
  5. pyrexias
  6. pyrexic
  7. pyrexical
  8. pyrgeometer
  9. pyrgeometers
  10. pyrgeometric
  11. pyrgoidal

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