calenture
Kelime Anlamı :
1. şiddetli humma.
2. tropik şiddetli humma.
3. tropikal memleketlerde görülen.
4. Güneş çarpamıs.
5. (isim) tropik şiddetli humma.
6. Sıcak memleketlere mahsus şiddetli humma.
Tanımlar :
1.
A tropical fever once believed to be caused by the heat.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
2. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
2. A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.
2. to see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
2. to see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
A kind of delirium sometimes caused, especially within the tropics, by exposure to excessive heat, particularly on board ship.
2. figuratively, fever; burning passion or zeal; heat: as, the “calenture of primitive devotion,” ; “the calentures of baneful lust,”
2. figuratively, fever; burning passion or zeal; heat: as, the “calenture of primitive devotion,” ; “the calentures of baneful lust,”
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia