| continued | Continuous; without intermission; said especially of protracted fever without apyretic intervals, such as typhoid fever, compared with the paroxysms of fever in malaria. Origin: L. Continuo, to join together, make continuous (05 Mar 2000) |
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| continued fever | An obsolete term for a febrile illness without the intermittency of malaria. Many cases were typhoid fever, but included many types of febrile illnesses. (05 Mar 2000) |