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  • 61tetanus — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, access, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute articular rheumatism,… …

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  • 62disease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of ill health Nouns 1. disease, illness, sickness, ailment, ailing; morbidity, infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; functional disorder. 2. condition, affliction,… …

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  • 63quake — v 1. shake, tremble, shudder; rock, reel, sway, toss, pitch; toss and turn, toss and tumble, pitch and plunge, rock and roll; waver, oscillate, librate, falter; totter, wobble, flounder, stagger; pendulate, tick, tock, tick tock. 2. quiver,… …

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  • 64tremble — /ˈtrɛmbəl / (say trembuhl) verb (i) (trembled, trembling) 1. (of persons, the body, etc.) to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, cold, etc.; quake; quiver; shiver. 2. to be agitated with fear,… …

  • 65exies — /ekˈsāz/ (Scot) plural noun A fit, eg of hysterics or ague ORIGIN: ↑access …

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  • 66the shivers — (informal) 1. A shivering fit 2. The ague 3. A thrill of horror or fear • • • Main Entry: ↑shiver …

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  • 67a|gue — «AY gyoo», noun. 1. a malarial fever with alternating chills and sweating at regular intervals. 2. Figurative. any fit of shaking or shivering; a chill. ╂[< Middle French aguë, learned borrowing from Latin (febris) acūta severe (fever)] …

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  • 68aksis — obs. form of access, ‘fit, fever, ague.’ …

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  • 69axces — axces, s, se obs. ff. access, fit, fever, ague …

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