QUINTAN

Adjective

quintan (not comparable)

(of a fever) recurring every fifth day

Noun

quintan (plural quintans)

A fever that recurs every fifth day.

Anagrams

• quinnat

Source: Wiktionary


Quin"tan, a. Etym: [L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five. See Five.]

Definition: Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.

– n. (Med.)

Definition: An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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