TERTIAN


Meaning of TERTIAN in English

[ 'tə:ʃ(ə)n ]

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

Origin

ME ( fever ) terciane , from L. (febris) ~a , from tertius 'third' (the fever recurring every third day by inclusive reckoning).

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