apyretic

American  

[ey-pahy-ret-ik] / ˌeɪ paɪˈrɛt ɪk /

adjective

Pathology.

1. free from fever.

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Etymology

Origin of apyretic

First recorded in 1835–45; a- ⁶ + pyretic

Example Sentences

After an apyretic period of six weeks, during which the symptoms of the amyloid visceral disease persisted, a sudden and rapidly fatal pyrexia occurred.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The improvement was but brief; for about eighteen hours he lay apyretic, with cool hands and feet, and with eyes closed and mind dull but free from delirium.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

When, however, the apyretic period is reached, the exudation, as a rule, disappears rapidly, so that often in the course of six weeks no trace of its existence remains.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

This interval or apyretic period lasts about a week, when, again without warning or provocation, the patient relapses, and is seized abruptly with the same set of symptoms which attended the first attack.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various