2. Noun. (architecture) A pediment or gable end ¹
3. Noun. (pathology) The most intense phase of a disease (especially a fever) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fastigium
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fastigium
1. 1. Apex of the roof of the fourth ventricle of the brain, an angle formed by the anterior and posterior medullary vela extending into the substance of the vermis. 2. The acme or period of full development of a disease. Origin: L. Top, as of a gable; a pointed extremity (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastigium
Literary usage of Fastigium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"Dorsal view of fastigium. (Greatly enlarged.) Dorsal view of fastigium. (Greatly
enlarged.) Fig. 23. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"fastigium. lu Latin, the crest or top of a roof; the whole roof or upper ¡tart
or side of ... fastigium."
3. Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature by Edward Seguin (1876)
"... its effervescence up to, and into its fastigium, or période d'état, it takes
its principal characteristics from what remains to the patient of his power ..."
4. On the Temperature in Diseases: A Manual of Medical Thermometry by Carl August Wunderlich (1871)
"The fastigium lasts one to two and a half weeks in abdominal typhus (enteric or
... Even in favorable cases the fastigium is, comparatively speaking, ..."
5. Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature by Edward Séguin (1876)
"... has run its ascending course, its effervescence up to, and into its fastigium,
... utilize, neglect, or strain that remnant during the fastigium, ..."
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