Semitertian

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Sem`i`ter´tian

(Med.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Among those remedies, Serenus proposed a magical procedure based on the wizardly word Abracadabra for treating "semitertian" fever, known today as malaria.

Malaria Elimination--Not Just a Bunch of Hocus-Pocus

falciparum Mixed malarial 1 All ages All RBCs species * Also known as pernicious tertian or semitertian malaria; ([dagger]) Reticulocytes (Adapted from reference No.

Brief history of the clinical diagnosis of malaria: from Hippocrates to Osler

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