The Collaborative International Dictionary
Synochus
Synochus \Syn"o*chus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? joined together.] (Med.) A continuous fever. [Obs.]
Note: Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two
distinct types of fever, but in different senses at
different periods. The same disease is placed under
synocha by one author, under synochus by another.
--Quain.
Wiktionary
synochus
n. (context medicine obsolete English) A continuous fever.
Usage examples of "synochus".
Hey refers to two cases of synochus occurring in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, in women who had attended upon puerperal patients.