Meaning Of The Word Calenture

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calenture in American English
any fever caused, as in the tropics, by exposure to great heat
noun: a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics

calenture in British English
noun: a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke

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