fever

発熱、熱

主に病気が原因で、体温が通常より高くなること。

やさしい英語で： A body temperature higher than normal, usually because you are ill.

• The baby has a fever.
• Her fever went down during the night.
• Have you checked his temperature for a fever?

類義語： high temperature

よく使う表現： have a fever, high fever, reduce a fever

熱病

高い熱を伴う病気。「fever」はその病名にも使われる。

やさしい英語で： An illness that causes a high body temperature, often used as part of its name.

• He caught scarlet fever at school.
• Mosquitoes can spread yellow fever.
• Several cases of dengue fever were reported this week.

よく使う表現： scarlet fever, yellow fever, dengue fever

発熱させる

人を病気にし、体温を高くすること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone ill with a high body temperature.

• The illness fevered his body.
• Infection had fevered her blood for days.
• The disease fevered him, leaving his skin hot and dry.

よく使う表現： fever the blood, fever the body