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FASTIGIUM

\fˈastɪd͡ʒəm], \fˈastɪd‍ʒəm], \f_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_dʒ_ə_m]\

Definitions of FASTIGIUM

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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1. Summit of the roof of the fourth ventricle, an angle formed by the union of the anterior and posterior medullary vela pushing up into the substance of the vermis. 2. The acme or height of a fever or any acute disease.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The summit, apex, or ridge of a house or pediment.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The acme ; the highest point.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The angle formed at the point of junction of the velum medullare anterius and the inferior vermiform process.
Of a disease, see acme. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Latin] The ridge or summit of a house or pediment.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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