See Also: epimastical(medicine)
epimastical fever(medicine)

kemb (iou) and epimastical (medicine)


kemb (iou)



kemb verb trans. .
[Old English cemban, from Germanic base of COMB noun1. Repl. by COMB verb, but survives in KEMPT adjective, UNKEMPT.]
= COMB verb 1a. OE.
= COMB verb 1b. ME-E18.

epimastical (medicine)


epimastical


Increasing steadily until an acme is reached, then declining; said of a fever.

Origin: G. Epakmastikos, coming to a height