Stadium

(sta'-de-um). Stage or period. S. acmes, the height of a disease; crisis. S. augment i, the period in which there is increase in the intensity of the disease. S. caloris, the period during which there is fever; the hot stage. S. contagii, the prodromal stage of an infectious disease. S. convalescentiae, the period of recovery from disease. S. decrement i, defervescence of a febrile disease; the period in which there is a decrease in the severity of the disease. S. decrustation is, the stage of an exanthematous disease in which the lesions form crusts. S. desquamation is, the period of desquamation in an exanthematous fever. S. eruption is, that period of an exanthematous fever in which the exanthem appears. S. exsiccation is. See S. decrustation is. S. florescentiae, the stage in an eruptive fever in which the exanthem develops. S. incubation is. See Stage , Latent. S. maniacale, the last stage of excitement ia mania, after which the nervous manifestations gradually subside. S. nervosum, the paroxysmal stage of a disease. S. prodromorum, in eruptive fevers, the stage prior to the appearance of the eruption. S. staseos. See S. acmes. S. suppuration is, the period in the course of variola in which suppuration occurs. S. ultimum, the final stage of a febrile affection.