fastigium

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fastigium

/fæsˈtɪd͡ʒ.i.əm/

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Borrowed from Latin fastigium.

noun fastigia

An apex or summit; culmination.
A pediment or gable end.
The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever. [W]e find that the duration and succession of the febrile phenomena constitute five principal groups. […] 2. Fevers which are essentially continuous in their course (continued fevers), which exhibit but slight daily differences of temperature during their fastigium or acme, and defervesce rapidly (b

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@misc{fastigium_2026,
  title = {fastigium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fastigium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}