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quintan
(redirected from Quintan Fever)

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quintan [ˈkwɪntən]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) (of a fever) occurring every fourth day
[from Latin febris quintāna fever occurring every fifth day, reckoned inclusively]


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The uncommon quintan fever has been a subject of medical curiosity since 1915, and its clinical course and pathologic features have been understood only after numerous experimental infections in volunteers.
 
 
 
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