Category:Quintan

Quin"tan, a. Etym: [l. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five. See five.]

Defn: occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every Fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (med.)

Defn: an intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning Inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.