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1. (adj.) tertian
(of a fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME terciane < L (febris) tertiāna tertian (fever) <tertiusthird)
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1. (adj) tertian
relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
"tertian fever"
2. (adj) tertian
of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
"a tertian tonal system"
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1. (adj) tertian
occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever
2. (noun) tertian
a disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day
3. (noun) tertian
a liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun
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