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 Definitions of tertian  [ˈtɜr ʃən]  

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Definition of 'tertian' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'tertian' Princeton's WordNet 

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"


Definition of 'tertian' Webster Dictionary 

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



'tertian' - Nearby Entries  

terse  tersely  terseness  tertian  tertiary  tertiary period  tertiary syphilis  



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