tertian

[ tur-shuhn ]
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adjective
  1. Pathology. (of a malarial fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.

noun
  1. Pathology. a tertian fever.

  2. a Jesuit during the period of tertianship.

Origin of tertian

1
1325–75; Middle English terciane<Latin (febris) tertiāna tertian (fever), equivalent to terti(us) third + -āna, feminine of -ānus-an

Other words from tertian

  • sub·ter·tian, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for tertian

tertian

/ (ˈtɜːʃən) /


adjective
  1. (of a fever or the symptoms of a disease, esp malaria) occurring every other day

noun
  1. a tertian fever or symptoms

Origin of tertian

1
C14: from Latin febris tertiāna fever occurring every third day, reckoned inclusively, from tertius third

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