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quintan |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quintan \Quin"tan\, a. [L. quintanus fr quintus fifth quinque five See {Five}.] Occurring as the fifth after four others also occurring every fifth day reckoning inclusively; as a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
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