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quartan
[ kwawr-tn ]
adjective
- (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted.
noun
- a quartan fever or ague.
- quartan malaria.
quartan
/ ˈkwɔːtən /
adjective
- (esp of a malarial fever) occurring every third day
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quartan1
C13: from Latin febris quartāna fever occurring every fourth day, reckoned inclusively
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Example Sentences
Three varieties are associated with malarial fever in man—the tertian, quartan, and estivo-autumnal malarial parasites.
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Tertian segmenting forms are less frequently typical than quartan.
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Quartan, kwor′tan, adj. occurring every fourth day, as a fever or ague.
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Favorinus extolled Thersites, and wrote in praise of a quartan ague.
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When traveling in Europe, in the year 1825, I was attacked with very severe quartan fever.
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