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单词 subcontinual
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subcontinualadj.

Brit. /ˌsʌbkənˈtɪnjʊəl/, /ˌsʌbkənˈtɪnj(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌsəbkənˈtɪnj(ʊ)əl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: sub- prefix, continual adj.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + continual adj., after post-classical Latin subcontinuus (in febris subcontinua ( F. Torti Therapeutice Specialis (1712) iv. ii. 424)). Compare subcontinued adj.
Medicine. rare.
= subcontinued adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > almost continuous
subcontinual1783
subcontinued1799
subcontinuous1837
1783 A. Rees Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) IV. at Tertian The medical writers distinguish this disease into the single and double; besides these, into the legitimate and spurious and sub-continual.
1871 W. B. Woodman tr. C. A. Wunderlich On Temperature in Dis. x. 232 If the daily difference is less than ½°C..a continued fever is to be diagnosed, when less than 1°C..a sub-continual fever [Ger. eine Subcontinua].
1901 Interstate Med. Jrnl. 8 309 The eleven cases which I enumerate may be classified as follows: First, subcontinual fever. [Etc.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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