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adj
Having a paroxysm every day, and a second stronger one every two days
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
An intermittent fever of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English tertian English semitertian From semi- + tertian.
