In
A persistent low grade fever can be a sign of many sicknesses.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
low-grade fever — noun A slight fever, typically defined as never exceeding 38.5 degrees Celsius (about 101 degrees Fahrenheit) … Wiktionary
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
