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View synonyms for tertian
tertian
[ tur-shuhn ]
adjective
- Pathology. (of a malarial fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.
noun
- Pathology. a tertian fever.
- a Jesuit during the period of tertianship.
tertian
/ ˈtɜːʃən /
adjective
- (of a fever or the symptoms of a disease, esp malaria) occurring every other day
noun
- a tertian fever or symptoms
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- sub·tertian adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tertian1
C14: from Latin febris tertiāna fever occurring every third day, reckoned inclusively, from tertius third
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Example Sentences
Three varieties are associated with malarial fever in man—the tertian, quartan, and estivo-autumnal malarial parasites.
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Tertian segmenting forms are less frequently typical than quartan.
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With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.
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Physicians skilled in magic applied three seeds of three-leaved grass to tertian ague, and four to a quartian.
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From this I contracted a severe cold, which ended in a tertian ague.
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