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Ague

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acutenounIntense; sensitive; sharp.
acute accentnoun(orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
chills and fevernounsuccessive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria

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acutenounIntense; sensitive; sharp.
acute accentnoun(orthography): A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
chills and fevernounsuccessive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
fevernoun(medicine) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
tertiannoun(medicine, of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
quartannoun(medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
chillsnoun(medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.
chillnoun(slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
fantastiquenounBelonging or relating to this genre.
shiversnounTo tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
aigernounAlternative form of eagre; a tidal bore. [a tidal bore]
cabin fevernoun(psychology) A condition of restlessness and irritability caused by being in a confined space.
drain fevernoun(archaic) typhoid fever
scapenoun(botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.
dumb chillnoun(obsolete) Synonym of dumb ague (“An intermittent malarial fever whose paroxysms skip the stage characterized by symptomatic chills”).
face aguenoun(obsolete) Trigeminal neuralgia.
acrenounAn English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square metres.
spring fevernoun(idiomatic) A feeling of invigoration and restlessness associated with the arrival of the warm weather and renewal of nature in the spring season.
adlenoun
qualmnounA feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.

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