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oc⋅tan

  [ok-tuhn]
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–adjective
1. (of a fever) occurring every eighth day.
–noun
2. an octan fever.
Origin:
1895–1900; < F octane, MF octaine, deriv. of L octō eight, on the model of quartaine quartan
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octan oc·tan (ŏk'tān')
adj.
Occurring every eighth day. Used of a recurring fever.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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