Ap'y-rēx'y, n.

noun

n. [Fr. apyrexie, N. Lat. apyrexia, Gr. ἀπυρεξία, from ἀ priv. and πυρέσσειν, to be feverish, from πυρετός, burning heat, fever, from πῦρ, fire.] (Med.) The absence or intermission of fever.