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fastigium
fas·tig·i·um [ fa stíjjee əm ] (plural fas·tig·i·ums or fas·tig·i·a [ fa stíjjee ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
period of intense illness: a period during which an illness, often a fever, is at its most severe
[Late 17th century. < Latin]
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