A fever is a raising of the body’s temperature, usually in response to infection or another inflammatory process. It is part of the immune response and helps fight infection. It is usually defined as a temperature above 37.2°C in the morning or 37.8°C at other times of the day when measured with an oral mercury thermometer. Another word for a fever is pyrexia.
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