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quartan |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quartan \Quar"tan\, a. [F. quartain, in fi[`e]vre quartaine, L. quartanus fr quartus the fourth See {Quart}.] Of or pertaining to the fourth occurring every fourth day reckoning inclusively; as a quartan ague, or fever. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quartan \Quar"tan\, n. 1. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day reckoning inclusively, that is one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days. 2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
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