quartan

3 definitions found

quartan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

  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]

quartan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  quartan
      adj 1: occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and
             weakness of malaria); "quartan malaria"
      n 1: a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day