distemperatures

plural of distemperature

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Bird droppings are also common on feeders, which can increase the spread of avian diseases among the bird population.
    Abby Fribush, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • These projects lowered deaths and infections while also strengthening health-care systems, allowing low-income countries to better respond to diseases as varied as malaria and diabetes.
    John Green, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Fall is when a lot of seasonal illnesses start going around.
    Elizabeth Medeiros, Health, 22 Mar. 2025
  • However, no illnesses have been reported to date.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Burning coal also creates lung-damaging smog and emits brain-damaging mercury and soot pollution that triggers respiratory ailments and shaves years off lives.
    Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Native Americans have used these berries to treat a range of ailments, including colds, toothaches and fevers.
    Vicky Hallett, NPR, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Measles also causes fevers and red, watery eyes and can lead to complications such as pneumonia or, in rare cases, brain damage and death.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • They are associated with fevers, chills, night sweats, unexplained weight loss, pregnancy, or a postpartum or immunocompromising condition.
    Cathy Nelson, Verywell Health, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The book doesn’t find a clear answer to its titular question but breaks a taboo by searching for one in choices made by Iranians themselves and not just ills done to them by outsiders.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Conspiracy theories and simplistic sloganeering popular at the time tended to blame Iran’s ills solely on colonialism or capitalism.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Distemperatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distemperatures. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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