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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
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
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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