low-grade fever

low-grade fever
A slight fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit).

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  • Low-grade fever — In medicine, low grade fever is a continuous or fluctuating low fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit). It is a non specific finding, but occurs in many diseases, ranging from infectious… …   Wikipedia

  • low-grade — lō grād adj being near that extreme of a specified range which is lowest, least intense, or least competent <a low grade fever> <a low grade infection> compare HIGH GRADE * * * (loґgrādґ) occurring near the low end of a range, as …   Medical dictionary

  • low-grade — low′ grade′ adj. 1) of inferior grade or quality 2) being close to the low end of a range of measurement: a low grade fever[/ex] • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • low-grade — [lō′grād΄] adj. 1. of inferior quality or value 2. of little degree [a low grade fever] …   English World dictionary

  • low-grade — adjective Date: 1878 1. of inferior grade or quality 2. being near that extreme of a specified range which is lowest, least intense, least serious, or least competent < a low grade fever > < a low grade infection > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Fever — (also known as pyrexia, from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response, from the Latin word febris , meaning fever, and archaically known as ague) is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to… …   Wikipedia

  • uveoparotid fever — uveo·pa·rot·id fever .yü vē ō pə rät əd n chronic inflammation of the parotid gland and uvea marked by low grade fever, lassitude, and bilateral iridocyclitis and sometimes associated with sarcoidosis called also Heerfordt s syndrome,… …   Medical dictionary

  • uveoparotid fever — |yüvē(ˌ)ō+... noun Etymology: uvea (I) + o + parotid : chronic inflammation of the parotid gland and uvea marked by low grade fever, lassitude, and bilateral iridocyclitis and often associated with sarcoidosis or other conditions …   Useful english dictionary

  • enteric fever — Typhoid Ty phoid, a. [Typhus + oid: cf. F. typho[ i]de, Gr. ?. See {Typhus}.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms. [1913 Webster] {Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Typhoid fever — Typhoid Ty phoid, a. [Typhus + oid: cf. F. typho[ i]de, Gr. ?. See {Typhus}.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms. [1913 Webster] {Typhoid fever}, a disease formerly confounded… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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