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sunfever

sunfever is the alternative form of sun fever.

Meaning of sun fever

Noun

sun fever (countable and uncountable, plural sun fevers)

  1. A feverish condition brought on by overheating in the sun; sunstroke.
    • Recently, instances of ictus soils, or solar asphyxia, as it is more correctly called, have been much less frequent; but in the mean time, cases of solar or sun fever have increased rapidly throughout the city.1851, The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal - Volume 7, page 264

Forms of sunfever

pluralsunfevers

Questions about sunfever

What is sunfever the alternative form of?
Sunfever is the alternative form of sun fever.

Words near sunfever in the dictionary

  1. sundubu
  2. sunepitron
  3. sunfall
  4. sunfast
  5. sunfastness
  6. sunfever
  7. sunfevers
  8. Sunfield
  9. sunfilled
  10. sunfish
  11. sunfished

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