quar·tan (kwôrt n)adj. Occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever. n. A malarial fever recurring every 72 hours. [Middle English quartaine, from Old French, from Latin qu  rtna, from qurtnus, of the fourth, from qurtus, fourth; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.] |
quartan [ˈkwɔːtən]
adj
(Medicine / Pathology) (esp of a malarial fever) occurring every third day
[from Latin febris quartāna fever occurring every fourth day, reckoned inclusively]
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| Noun | 1. | quartan - a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day chills and fever, ague - successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria |
| Adj. | 1. | quartan - occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria" |
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