fever
common medical sign characterized by elevated body temperature
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Summary
fever is a symptom type[1]. fever draws 9,423 Wikipedia views per month (symptom type category, ranking #2 of 11).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: clinical sign[3], neurological and physiological symptom[4]
- Commons category: Fever[5]
- Unicode character: 🤒[6]
- ICPC 2 ID: A03[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fever[8]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3038[16]
- Different from: Láz[17], Fieber[18], Fever[19]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug[20], ibuprofen[21], paracetamol[22], mefenamic acid[23], salicylamide[24], diflunisal[25], phenacetin[26], naproxen[27], aspirin[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[29], WikiProject Medicine[30]
Why It Matters
fever has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] fever is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]