tertian
/tur-shuhn/US // ˈtɜr ʃən //UK // (ˈtɜːʃən) //
餍足,餍足者,餍足的,餍足感
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : Pathology. characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Pathology. a tertian fever.
- : a Jesuit during the period of tertianship.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inthird
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.
With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.
Physicians skilled in magic applied three seeds of three-leaved grass to tertian ague, and four to a quartian.
From this I contracted a severe cold, which ended in a tertian ague.
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