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ague

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ague

1
 n
successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
2
 n
a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ague
1

n successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria

Synonyms:
chills and fever
Types:
quartan
a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
Type of:
symptom
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

n a fit of shivering or shaking

Type of:
illness, malady, sickness, unwellness
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
2

n a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

Synonyms:
acute, acute accent
Type of:
accent, accent mark
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
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