Yet even in this voyage I had my misfortunes too; particularly that I was continually sick, being thrown into a violent calenture by the excessive heat of the climate.
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calenture — ⇒CALENTURE, subst. fém. MÉD. Délire furieux observé chez les marins au moment de la traversée des zones tropicales et s accompagnant d un désir irrésistible de se jeter à la mer. L épouvantable, l effroyable Calenture (F. LISZT, Correspondance de … Encyclopédie Universelle
Calenture — Cal en*ture, n. [F. calenture, fr. Sp. calenture heat, fever, fr. calentar to heat, fr. p. pr. of L. calere to be warm.] (Med.) A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Calenture — Cal en*ture, v. i. To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] Hath fed on pageants floating through the air Or calentures in depths of limpid flood. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
calenture — CALENTURE. s. f. Fièvre chaude assez commune sur mer … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
calenture — [kal′ən chər, kal′ənchoor΄] n. [Fr < Sp calentura < calentar to heat < L calens, prp. of calere, to be warm: see CALORIE] any fever caused, as in the tropics, by exposure to great heat … English World dictionary
Calenture (album) — Infobox Album Name = Calenture Type = studio Artist = The Triffids Released = February, 1987 Recorded = April 1986 August 1986 Genre = Rock / Folk rock Length = 46:24 Label = Island Records Producer = Gil Norton / The Triffids Reviews = *Allmusic … Wikipedia
calenture — noun Etymology: Spanish calentura, from calentar to heat, from Latin calent , calens, present participle of calēre to be warm more at lee Date: 1582 a fever formerly supposed to affect sailors in the tropics … New Collegiate Dictionary
CALENTURE — s. f. Maladie qui attaque souvent les marins lorsqu ils naviguent entre les deux tropiques, et qui cause un délire violent … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
Calenture — Hyperthermie L hyperthermie est l élévation locale ou générale de la température du corps, au dessus du chiffre normal de 37 à 37,5 °C, ou bien c est l élévation de la température corporelle centrale au dessus de 38 °C, par… … Wikipédia en Français
calenture — calentural, calenturish, adj. /kal euhn cheuhr, choor /, n. Pathol. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics. [1585 95; earlier calentura < Sp: fever, equiv. to calent(ar) to heat ( < L calent , s. of calens, prp. of calere … Universalium
