Causing fever; producing or tending to produce feverish conditions.
From Latin 'febris' (fever) plus '-cant' (making or causing), following the pattern of Latin agent formations, used in medical terminology since the 1600s.
Medical terminology loves these Latin-based descriptors—febricant is a real but rare word that doctors might use when 'fever-causing' would be too common; it shows how specialized vocabulary maintains precision.
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