septan

septan

 [sep´tan]

recurring on the seventh day (i.e., six days after the previous episode).

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sep·tan

(sep'tăn),

Denoting a malarial fever the paroxysms of which recur every seventh day, counting the day of the occurrence as the first day (that is, with a 5-day asymptomatic interval).

[L. septem, seven]

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septan

(sĕp′tăn) [L. septem, seven]

Recurring every seventh day.

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