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1. (adj.) quartan
recurring every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted:
quartan fevers.
2. (n.) quartan
a quartan fever, ague, etc.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME quartaine < OF < L (febris) quārtāna quartan (fever), fr. quārt(us)fourth+-ānus -an1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) quartan
a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
2. (adj) quartan
occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)
"quartan malaria"
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1. (adj) quartan
of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever
2. (noun) quartan
an intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days
3. (noun) quartan
a measure, the fourth part of some other measure
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