synochus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύνοχος (súnokhos, “joined together”).

Noun

synochus

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A continuous fever.[1]

Usage notes

  • Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two distinct types of fever, but in different senses at different periods. The same disease is placed under synocha by one author, under synochus by another.

References

  1. ^ 1884, Richard Quain, A Dictionary of Medicine Including General Pathology
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