quartan
quartan · quartans
A fever whose symptoms recur every four daysA fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
UK/ˈkwɔːtən/US/ˈkwɔɹtən/
Meaning
1 senses(historical)A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
Origin
From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris qFrom 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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