English Explanatory Dictionary

quartan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
adj
  1. Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɔːtən/ /ˈkwɔɹtən/

Word forms

quartan quartans

Etymology

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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