Stage

{staj) [stare, to stand]. I. A definite period of a disease characterized by certain symptoms; a condition in the course of a disease. 2. The horizontal plate projecting from the pillar of a microscope, for supporting the slide or object. S., Algid, a condition characterized by subnormal temperature, feeble, flickering pulse, various nervous symptoms, etc. It occurs in cholera and other diseases marked by exhausting intestinal discharges. S., Amphibolic, the S. of a disease intervening between its height and its decline. S., Asphyxial, the preliminary S.of Asiatic cholera, marked by extreme thirst, muscular cramps, etc., due to k> of water from the blood. S., Cold, the rigor or chill of an attack of a malarial paroxysm. S., 1 . ME., soket ch672.xhtml e 597