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| 1. | (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted. |
| 2. | a quartan fever or ague. |
| 3. | quartan malaria. |
| quar·tan (kwôrt'n) adj. Occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever. n. A malarial fever recurring every 72 hours. [Middle English quartaine, from Old French, from Latin quārtāna, from quārtānus, of the fourth, from quārtus, fourth; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.] |
quartan quar·tan (kwôrt'n)
adj.
Recurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever. n.
A quartan malarial fever.
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