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Quartan

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Noun

1. quartan

a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

Adjective

2. quartan

occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

Example Sentences:
'quartan malaria'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quartan

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adjective
(esp of a malarial fever) occurring every third day

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Quartan

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adjective
1. 
occurring every fourth day, counting both days of occurrence
said of a fever
noun
2. 
a type of malaria in which the paroxysms occur every fourth day

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quartan

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adj.
Occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever.
n.
A malarial fever recurring every 72 hours.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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