QUARTAN

quartan

(adjective) occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); “quartan malaria”

quartan

(noun) a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

quartan (plural quartans)

(medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.

Adjective

quartan (not comparable)

(medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.

Source: Wiktionary

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Quar"tan, a. Etym: [F. quartain, in fièvre quartaine, L. quartanus, fr. quartus the fourth. See Quart.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

Quar"tan, n.

1. (Med.)

Definition: An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.

2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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