octan

[ ok-tuhn ]

adjective
  1. (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.

noun
  1. an octan fever.

Origin of octan

1
1895–1900; <French octane,Middle French octaine, derivative of Latin octōeight, on the model of quartainequartan

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