[ '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).
[ '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).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004