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quartan

quar·tan

UK/ˈkwɔːtən/ US/ˈkwɔɹtən/ uncommon

adjective

1.

occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

  • “quartan malaria”

Origin

From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).

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