What's The Definition Of Ague?
[n] a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
[n] a fit of shivering
[n] successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ague: acute |
acute accent |
chills and fever
Related Terms | Find terms related to Ague: abscess |
acute articular rheumatism |
African lethargy |
alkali disease |
amebiasis |
amebic dysentery |
anemia |
ankylosis |
anoxia |
anthrax |
apnea |
Asiatic cholera |
asphyxiation |
asthma |
ataxia |
atrophy |
bacillary dysentery |
backache |
bastard measles |
black death |
black fever |
blackwater fever |
bleeding |
blennorhea |
breakbone fever |
brucellosis |
bubonic plague |
bumpiness |
cachectic fever |
cachexia |
cachexy |
cerebral rheumatism |
Chagres fever |
chattering |
chicken pox |
chill |
chills |
cholera |
chorea |
cold shivers |
colic |
constipation |
convulsion |
coughing |
cowpox |
cyanosis |
dandy fever |
deer fly fever |
dengue |
dengue fever |
diarrhea |
diphtheria |
dizziness |
dropsy |
dumdum fever |
dysentery |
dyspepsia |
dyspnea |
edema |
elephantiasis |
emaciation |
encephalitis lethargica |
enteric fever |
erysipelas |
fainting |
famine fever |
fatigue |
fever |
fibrillation |
fits and starts |
five-day fever |
flu |
flux |
frambesia |
German measles |
glandular fever |
grippe |
growth |
hansenosis |
Haverhill fever |
hemorrhage |
hepatitis |
herpes |
herpes simplex |
herpes zoster |
high blood pressure |
histoplasmosis |
hookworm |
hydrophobia |
hydrops |
hypertension |
hypotension |
icterus |
indigestion |
infantile paralysis |
infectious mononucleosis |
inflammation |
inflammatory rheumatism |
influenza |
insomnia |
itching |
jactation |
jactitation |
jail fever |
jaundice |
jerkiness |
joltiness |
jungle rot |
kala azar |
kissing disease |
labored breathing |
lepra |
leprosy |
leptospirosis |
loa loa |
loaiasis |
lockjaw |
low blood pressure |
lumbago |
madness |
malaria |
malarial fever |
marasmus |
marsh fever |
measles |
meningitis |
milzbrand |
mumps |
nasal discharge |
nausea |
necrosis |
ornithosis |
osteomyelitis |
pain |
palsy |
paralysis |
paratyphoid fever |
parotitis |
parrot fever |
pertussis |
pneumonia |
polio |
poliomyelitis |
polyarthritis rheumatism |
ponos |
pruritus |
psittacosis |
quaking |
quavering |
quivering |
rabbit fever |
rabies |
rash |
rat-bite fever |
relapsing fever |
rheum |
rheumatic fever |
rickettsialpox |
ringworm |
rubella |
rubeola |
scarlatina |
scarlet fever |
schistosomiasis |
sclerosis |
seizure |
septic sore throat |
shakes |
shaking |
shingles |
shivering |
shivers |
shock |
shuddering |
skin eruption |
sleeping sickness |
sleepy sickness |
smallpox |
snail fever |
sneezing |
sore |
spasm |
spasms |
splenic fever |
spotted fever |
strep throat |
succussion |
swamp fever |
tabes |
tachycardia |
tetanus |
thrush |
tinea |
trembling |
tremulousness |
trench fever |
trench mouth |
tuberculosis |
tularemia |
tumor |
typhoid |
typhoid fever |
typhus |
typhus fever |
undulant fever |
upset stomach |
vaccinia |
varicella |
variola |
venereal disease |
vertigo |
vibration |
viral dysentery |
vomiting |
wasting |
whooping cough |
yaws |
yellow fever |
yellow jack |
zona |
zoster
See Also | accent |
accent mark |
illness |
malady |
malaria |
sickness |
symptom |
unwellness
Ague In Webster's Dictionary
\A"gue\, n. [OE. agu, ague, OF. agu, F. aigu, sharp, OF.
fem. ague, LL. (febris) acuta, a sharp, acute fever, fr. L.
acutus sharp. See {Acute}.]
1. An acute fever. [Obs.] ``Brenning agues.'' --P. Plowman.
2. (Med.) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold
and hot fits.
3. The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever
and ague.
4. A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. --Dryden.
{Ague cake}, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague.
{Ague drop}, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for
ague.
{Ague fit}, a fit of the ague. --Shak.
{Ague spell}, a spell or charm against ague. --Gay.
{Ague tree}, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the
use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]
\A"gue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agued}.]
To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. --Heywood.
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