Synochus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Synochus \Syn"o*chus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? joined together.]
     (Med.)
     A continuous fever. [Obs.]
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     Note: Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two


           distinct types of fever, but in different senses at
           different periods. The same disease is placed under
           synocha by one author, under synochus by another.
           --Quain.
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