summer fever (TCM); suffer summer fever; summer heat intolerance
Meanings
3 senses · 7 examplesnoun
summer fever; seasonal febrile disease in summer (TCM)
technicalA Traditional Chinese Medicine term describing a condition in children characterized by persistent low-grade fever during hot weather, loss of appetite, and failure to sweat properly. Symptoms include continued fever, poor appetite, weight loss, thirst, frequent urination, and dry hot skin. Body temperature rises as weather gets hotter.
This child has come down with summer fever and has been running a temperature for several days.
Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that summer fever is mostly caused by dysfunction of the sweating mechanism.
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Symptoms of summer fever include persistent fever, loss of appetite, thirst, and frequent urination.
verb
to suffer from summer fever; to contract summer fever
Used as a verb meaning to come down with or suffer from this specific summer condition.
He suffers from summer fever every year, and his health becomes very weak.
Young children are prone to summer fever, so parents need to pay attention to heat prevention and cooling.
verb
to suffer from summer heat intolerance; to lose appetite in summer
dialectRegional dialect usage, equivalent to 苦夏 (kǔ xià), referring to general summer heat intolerance with loss of appetite and lassitude, distinct from the specific medical condition in sense 1.
As soon as the weather gets hot, he suffers from summer heat intolerance and can't eat.
The elderly suffer from poor appetite in summer; they should eat more light food.