tertian fever

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tertian fever

Tertian malaria Infectious disease A fever characterized by febrile paroxysms occurring every 3^rd day, as in the 48-hr febrile peaks in P vivax malaria–benign tertian malaria; malignant TF is caused by the virulent P falciparum which, in its most intense form, may be fatal within days. See Malaria. Cf Quartan fever.

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