Faget sign

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unusual pairing of fever with bradycardia, seen in certain conditions such as yellow fever and typhoid fever.

Word forms

Faget sign

Etymology

Named after the American physician Jean Charles Faget, who studied yellow fever in Louisiana.

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