CONTINUED FEVER
\kəntˈɪnjuːd fˈiːvə], \kəntˈɪnjuːd fˈiːvə], \k_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_n_j_uː_d f_ˈiː_v_ə]\
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A fever which present no interruption in its course. Continued fevers form a division in the class Pyrexiae of Cullen and include three genera, Synocha, Synochus, and Typhus. It is proper to remark, that some of the older writers make a distinction between the continual fever, febris continua,and the synochus or febris contineu. Thus, Rhases states that the synochus is a fever, which consists of one paroxysm from beginning to end; whilst the continua is allied to intermittents.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A f. in which the daily variations of temperature are slight and the f. continues seven days or more.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
By Henry Percy Smith
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