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tertian |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tertian \Ter"tian\, a. [L. tertianus from tertius the third See {Tierce}.] (Med.) Occurring every third day as a tertian fever. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tertian \Ter"tian\, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf OF tertiane.] 1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day 2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tertian adj 1: relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day "tertian fever" 2: of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a tertian tonal system"
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