"quartan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkwɔːtən/ [UK], /ˈkwɔɹtən/ [US]
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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|quartaine}} Anglo-Norman quartaine, {{uder|en|fro|quartaine}} Old French quartaine, {{der|en|la|quartāna}} Latin quartāna Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} quartan (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine, Four Coordinate_terms: quotidian, tertian
    Sense id: en-quartan-en-adj-~XIq~RTM Disambiguation of Four: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 48 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɔːtən/ [UK], /ˈkwɔɹtən/ [US] Forms: quartans [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|quartaine}} Anglo-Norman quartaine, {{uder|en|fro|quartaine}} Old French quartaine, {{der|en|la|quartāna}} Latin quartāna Head templates: {{en-noun}} quartan (plural quartans)
  1. (medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Medicine, Four
    Sense id: en-quartan-en-noun-Btq-Tff0 Disambiguation of Four: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 48 Topics: medicine, sciences

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