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quintan

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quintan /quin·tan/ (kwin´tan) recurring every fifth day, as a fever.
quin·tan (kwntn)
adj.
Recurring every fifth day. Used of a fever.

quintan
[kwin′tən]
Etymology: L, quintanus, relating to the fifth
recurring on the fifth day, or at about 96-hour intervals. See also trench fever.

quintan [kwin´tan]
recurring every five days (i.e., on the fourth day after the previous episode).
quintan fever trench fever.

quintan
recurring every 5 days (every fourth day).


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