Category:Quartan

Quar"tan, a. Etym: [f. quartain, in fièvre quartaine, l. quartanus, Fr. quartus the fourth. See quart.]

Defn: of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, Reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

Quartan Quar"tan, n.

1. (med.)

Defn: an intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning Inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is Two days.

2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.