QUARTAN

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

2.
n.

An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.

3.
n.

A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.


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