double quartan malaria
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Related to double quartan malaria: tertian malaria, malignant tertian malaria
dou·ble quar·tan malaria
denoting malaria infection with two independent groups of quartan parasites, so that paroxysms occur on 2 successive days followed by one day without fever.
double quartan malaria
Malaria in which two concurrent cycles result in fever occurring on two successive days.
See also: malaria