Tertian Definition

tûrshən
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.
Webster's New World
noun
A tertian fever or disease.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tertian

Noun

Singular:
tertian
Plural:
tertians

Origin of Tertian

  • Middle English terciane tertian fever from Latin (febris) tertiāna (fever) of the third (day) from tertius third trei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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