Which term is used to describe fever patterns such as intermittent, remittent, relapsing, and constant continuous fever?

• A. Common fevers
• B. Pyrexia
• C. Tachycardia
• D. Anorexia

Answer: (A)

Fever is described by the term pyrexia. The patterns intermittent, remittent, relapsing, and constant (continuous) describe how the fever changes over time, not what the fever is called. Pyrexia is the medical word for elevated body temperature, while the other terms either refer to symptoms (tachycardia for fast heart rate, anorexia for loss of appetite) or are not standard labels for fever patterns like “common fevers.” So the best answer is the concept that this is pyrexia, with the listed patterns detailing its fluctuation over the illness.