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quintan
quintan (ˈkwɪntən) adj (Pathology) (of a fever) occurring every fourth day[C17: from Latin febris quintāna fever occurring every fifth day, reckoned inclusively]Translations
quintan
quintan [kwin´tan] recurring every five days (i.e., on the fourth day after the previous episode).quintan fever trench fever.quin·tan (kwin'tăn), Recurring every fifth day, including the first day of an episode in the computation, that is, after a free interval of 3 days. [L. quintus, fifth] quin·tan (kwin'tăn) Recurring every fifth day, including the first day of an episode in the computation, i.e., after a free interval of three days. [L. quintus, fifth] |