a. Med. [SUB- 20 g.] Of a fever: Almost continuous, remittent.
1836. J. M. Gully, Magendies Formul. (ed. 2), 60. Twenty-seven sub-continued, and eight remittent fevers, were cured.
1898. P. Manson, Trop. Diseases, xxxvi. 543. Fever of an irregular, intermitting, or even of a sub-continued type.
So Sub-continual a.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Subcontinual fever, malarial fever.