Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Quartan

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Quartan


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(1):

(n.) A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.

(2):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

(3):

(n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.