Definition of quartan Quartan

quar•tan

We found 8 definitions of quartan from 4 different sources.

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What does quartan mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: quartans

quartan - a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

Adjective

quartan, quartanner, quartannest

quartan - occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • quartan (Noun)
    A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
  • quartan (Adjective)
    Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • quartan (a.)
    Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.
  • quartan (n.)
    An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.
  • quartan (n.)
    A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • quartan
    kwor′tan, adj. occurring every fourth day, as a fever or ague.—n. an ague of this character. [Fr. quartaine—L. quartanus, of the fourth.]

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