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tertian

(tʉr′s̸hən)

adjective

occurring every other day so that it happens on the first and third days: usually applied to fever or a disease causing it, esp. any of certain forms of malaria

Origin: ME tercian < L (febris) tertiana, tertian (fever) < tertius, third

noun

a tertian fever or disease

See tertian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Recurring every other day or, when considered inclusively, every third day: a tertian fever.

noun
Pathology

A tertian fever, such as vivax malaria.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English terciane, tertian fever

Origin: , from Latin (febris) tertiāna, (fever) of the third (day)

Origin: , from tertius, third; see trei- in Indo-European roots

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