quartan.
/kwawr-tn/US // ˈkwɔr tn //UK // (ˈkwɔːtən) //
四方,四元,四元组,四方的
Definitions
adj.adjective · 形容词
- 1.
- › characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted.
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a quartan fever or ague.
- ›quartan malaria.
Examples
Three varieties are associated with malarial fever in man—the tertian, quartan, and estivo-autumnal malarial parasites.
Tertian segmenting forms are less frequently typical than quartan.
Quartan, kwor′tan, adj. occurring every fourth day, as a fever or ague.
Favorinus extolled Thersites, and wrote in praise of a quartan ague.
When traveling in Europe, in the year 1825, I was attacked with very severe quartan fever.
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