quartan

quartan /quar·tan/ (kwor´tan) recurring in four-day cycles.

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quar·tan (kwôrtn)

adj.

Recurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever.

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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.

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quartan [kwor´tan]

1. recurring in four-day cycles (i.e. on the third day after the previous episode).

2. a variety of intermittent fever in which the paroxysms recur on every third day; see malaria.

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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.