Med. [a. L. febrīcula, dim. of febris a fever. Cf. F. febricule.] A slight fever, of short duration.
1746. Sir R. Manningham (title), The symptoms, nature, causes, and cure of the febricula … commonly called the nervous or hysteric fever.
1785. Franklin, Lett., Wks. 1840, VI. 528. Many find themselves affected by that febricula, which the English alone call a cold.
1834. J. Forbes, Laennec’s Dis. Chest (ed. 4), 204. This febricula, however, is not usually followed by any mischief, and frequently does not even prevent the return of a good appetite.
