fastigium

(fa stijē 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

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

See fastigium in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The period of maximum severity or intensity of a disease or fever.

Origin:

Origin: Latin fastīgium, apex, height

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