ALL meanings of calenture
cal·en·ture
C c - noun calenture a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke 3
- noun calenture any fever caused, as in the tropics, by exposure to great heat 3
- noun calenture Pathology. a violent fever with delirium, affecting persons in the tropics. 1
- noun calenture Feverish delirium supposedly caused by the heat in the tropics. 1
- noun calenture A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics. 0
- noun calenture A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them. 0