quartan /quar·tan/ (kwor´tan) recurring in four-day cycles.
quartan
quar·tan (kwôrt n)adj. Recurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever. |
quartan
[kwôr′tən]
Etymology: L, quartanus, relating to the fourth
recurring on the fourth day, or at about 72-hour intervals. See also quartan malaria.
quartan
1. recurring in 4-day cycles (every third day).
2. a variety of intermittent fever of which the paroxysms recur on every third day.
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