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Webster 1913 Edition

Assident

As′si-dent

,
Adj.
[L.
assidens
, p. pr. of
assid[GREEK]re
to sit by: cf. F.
assident
. See
Assession
.]
(Med.)
Usually attending a disease, but not always;
as,
assident
signs, or symptoms
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Assident

AS'SIDENT

,
Adj.
[L. assideo, assidens, of ad and sedeo, to sit.]
Assident signs, in medicine, are such as usually attend a disease, but not always; distinguished from pathognomic signs, which are inseparable from it.

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