'Quartan' definitions:
Definition of 'quartan'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria"
noun
A malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
Definition of 'Quartan'
From: GCIDE
- Quartan \Quar"tan\, a. [F. quartain, in fi[`e]vre quartaine, L. quartanus, fr. quartus the fourth. See Quart.] Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quartan'
From: GCIDE
- Quartan \Quar"tan\, n.
- 1. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure. [1913 Webster]