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pyrexia of unknown origin

phrase/paɪˈreksiə əv ʌnˈnəʊn ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/

C2CEFR level
78/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A prolonged fever without an identified cause despite appropriate initial investigation.

The patient was admitted for a pyrexia of unknown origin work-up after three weeks of fevers.

Similar: fever of unknown origin

Topic: Infectious disease in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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