/sek"steuhn/ , adj.
1. (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recurevery sixth day.
n.
2. a sextan fever.
[ 1650-60; sextan ( a ) ( febris ) sixth day (fever), equiv. to L sext ( us ) SIXTH + ana -AN ]
/sek"steuhn/ , adj.
1. (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recurevery sixth day.
n.
2. a sextan fever.
[ 1650-60; sextan ( a ) ( febris ) sixth day (fever), equiv. to L sext ( us ) SIXTH + ana -AN ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012