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Meaning of fastigium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
fæsˈtɪd͡ʒ.i.əm

Definitions

  1. An apex or summit; culmination.
  2. A pediment or gable end.
  3. The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.

Examples

“[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 (by crisis).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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