CALENTURE


Meaning of CALENTURE in English

— calentural, calenturish , adj.

/kal"euhn cheuhr, -choor'/ , n.

Pathol. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics.

[ 1585-95; earlier calentura calent ( ar ) to heat ( calent-, s. of calens, prp. of calere to be hot) + -ura -URE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .