fever

Everyday

1. A fever is when your body temperature is higher than normal because you are ill. tree →
2. Fever is a state of great excitement, as in football fever. tree →

In the lessons

In health lessons, normal body temperature is about 37 °C (98.6 °F); a fever is a temperature above about 38 °C (100.4 °F). Fever is the body fighting germs. Rest, drink plenty, and tell an adult; a very high fever or a fever with a rash, stiff neck or breathing trouble needs a doctor. A thermometer measures it. Phrases: have a fever, run a fever, hay fever (an allergy, not a real fever), fever pitch, cabin fever (restless from staying indoors).

Examples

• I had a fever and stayed home from school. tree →
• Mum checked my temperature for a fever. tree →
• Drink lots of water when you have a fever. tree →
• The whole town caught World Cup fever. tree →
• Hay fever makes me sneeze in spring. tree →
• The baby is running a fever. tree →

Note

In British English people also say "a temperature" (He's got a temperature) to mean a fever. "Hay fever" is an allergy to pollen, with no fever. In maths problems with temperatures, a fever is a number above normal: 39 °C is 2 degrees above 37 °C.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Fever is one of the afflictions in the curses of the Torah for those who leave the covenant. Tradition reads these warnings as a call to return and keep the commandments. In the primary lessons: In health lessons, normal body temperature is about 37 °C (98.6 °F); a fever is a temperature above about 38 °C (100.4 °F). Fever is the body fighting germs. Rest, drink plenty, and tell an adult; a very high fever or a fever with a rash, stiff neck or breathing trouble needs a doctor. A thermometer measures it. Phrases: have a fever, run a fever, hay fever (an allergy, not a real fever), fever pitch, cabin fever (restless from staying indoors).

Examples

• The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

In British English people also say "a temperature" (He's got a temperature) to mean a fever. "Hay fever" is an allergy to pollen, with no fever. In maths problems with temperatures, a fever is a number above normal: 39 °C is 2 degrees above 37 °C.