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quartan definition

quar·tan (kwôrt′'n)

adjective

occurring every fourth day, counting both days of occurrence: said of a fever

Etymology: ME quartaine < MFr (fièvre) quartaine < L (febris) quartana, (fever) occurring every fourth day, fem. of quartanus < quartus, fourth: see quart

noun

a type of malaria in which the paroxysms occur every fourth day

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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