Quartan

[kwɒ:tn]

(noun.) a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day.

(adj.) occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); 'quartan malaria' .

Edited by Jason--From WordNet

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

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

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

Editor: Nicolas

adj. occurring every fourth day as a fever or ague.—n. an ague of this character.

Typed by Corinne