[mur´chĭ-son-pel-eb´stīn] a type of fever typical of Hodgkin's disease, marked by irregular episodes of pyrexia of several days' duration, with intervening periods in which the temperature is normal.
Murchison-Pel-Ebstein fever
(mur'chi-son-pel'eb'stin?) [Charles Murchison, Brit. physician, 1830–1879; Pieter K. Pel; Wilhelm Ebstein] Pel-Ebstein fever.