QUARTAN


Meaning of QUARTAN in English

[ 'kwɔ:t(ə)n ]

■ adjective Medicine denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day.

Origin

ME: from L. (febris) ~a , based on L. quartus 'fourth' (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day).

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