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Synochus
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Syn′o-chus
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] joined together.]
(Med.)
A continuous fever.
[Obs.]
☞ 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.
Quain.
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synochus
synochus
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Noun
synochus
- (medicine, obsolete) A continuous fever.
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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.