quartan.
A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
Meaning & usage
A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).
Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
Where this word comes from
From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).
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