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Afebrile |
Without fever; the body temperature is normal. |
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Antipyretic |
Am agent that reduces fever |
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Axilla |
The armpit |
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Celsius scale |
A temperature scale o. Which the freezing point if water is 0 degrees and the boiling point is 100 degrees also called centigrade scale |
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Conduction |
The transfer of energy such as beat from ome subject to another by dorect contact |
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Convection |
Tranafer of energy such as beat through air currents |
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Crisis |
A sudden falling of an elevated body temperature to normal |
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Farenheit scale |
A temperature scale on which the freesing loint of water is 32 devrees and boiling at 212 degrees |
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Febrile |
Pertaining to fever |
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Fever |
A body temperature that is above normal synonym is pyrexia |
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Frenulum linguae |
The midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue to the floor of the mouth |
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Hyperpyrexia |
An extremely high fever 109 |
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Hypothermia |
Below normal body temperature |
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Malaise |
A vague sense of body discomfottbweakness and fatigue . often marka onset of disease. Contibues througg illness course. |
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Radiation |
The transfer of emergy, such as beat, in the form of waves. |
