Apyrexy

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In pathology, apyrexy, or apyrexia (Greek απυρεξια, from α-, privative, πυρεσσειν, to be in a fever, πυρ, fire, fever) is the normal interval or period of intermission in a fever. Also, the absence of a fever.^[1]

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1. ^ The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 2nd Edition