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adj
Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adjective
occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ague, chills and fever
History
From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).
