any fever caused, as in the tropics, by exposure to great heat
Origin of calenture
French from Spanish calentura from calentar, to heat from Classical Latin calens, present participle of calere, to be warm: see caloriecalenture
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calenture
noun
A tropical fever once believed to be caused by the heat.
Origin of calenture
Spanish calentura from calentar to heat from Latin calēns calent- present participle of calēre to be warm ; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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calenture - Medical Definition
n.
A tropical fever once believed to be caused by the heat.
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