Associations to the word «Quartan»
Wiktionary
QUARTAN, noun. (medicine) (historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
QUARTAN, adjective. (medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
Dictionary definition
QUARTAN, noun. A malarial fever that recurs every fourth day.
QUARTAN, adjective. Occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria".
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