TERTIANS

Noun

tertians

plural of tertian

Anagrams

• intraset, intreats, nitrates, rantiest, straiten, tainters, tartines, train set, trainest, trainset

Source: Wiktionary


TERTIAN

Ter"tian, a. Etym: [L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce.] (Med.)

Definition: Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.

Ter"tian, n. Etym: [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.]

1. (Med.)

Definition: A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.

2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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