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calen·ture (kal′ən c̸hər, -c̸ho̵or′)

noun

any fever caused, as in the tropics, by exposure to great heat

Etymology: Fr < Sp calentura < calentar to heat < L calens, prp. of calere, to be warm: see calorie

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