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fastigium definition

fas·tig·ium (fa stij′ē əm)

noun

  1. the most severe point in the course of an illness
  2. the highest point in the roof of the fourth ventricle of the brain

Etymology: ModL < L, an extremity, orig., the top of a gable: see fastigiate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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