- pseudocrisis
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pseu·do·cri·sis 'süd-ō-.krī-səs n, pl -cri·ses -.sēz a false crisis (as in the course of a febrile disease)* * *
n.a false crisis: a sudden but temporary fall of temperature in a patient with fever. The pseudocrisis is followed by a return to the fever.* * *
pseu·do·cri·sis (sooґdo-kri″sis) [pseudo- + crisis] a false crisis; a sudden but temporary abatement of fever.
Medical dictionary. 2011.