a. Med. [ad. Gr. ἀναβατικ-ός pertaining to ἀναβάτης ‘one who ascends’: see ANABASIS.] Of or belonging to anabasis; augmenting, increasing (as a fever).
1811. Hooper, Med. Dict., Anabatica.
1853. Mayne, Exp. Lex., Anabaticus … augmenting, increasing, anabatic; applied formerly to a continued fever, the symptoms of which gradually increase in severity.
1879. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
