Definition of quartan in English:

quartan

adjective ˈkwɔːt(ə)nˈkwɔrtn

Medicine

Denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day.
〔医〕（疟疾）每三日复发一次的
Quartan malaria (or quartan ague) is caused by infection with Plasmodium malariae. Compare with tertian
Example sentencesExamples
- I had a quartan ague which held me foure or five months, and had altogether disvisaged and altered my countenance, yet my mind held ever out, not onely peaceably but pleasantly…
- He suffered for about eighteen months from the quartan fever which is a fever which recurs at approximately 72-hour intervals.
- As the criminal had a quartan fever, Fallopius wished to investigate the effects of opium on the paroxysms.
- The Bishop was seized with a quartan ague and began to shake.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin (febris) quartana, based on Latin quartus 'fourth' (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day).

Rhymes

boughten, chorten, foreshorten, Laughton, Morton, Naughton, Orton, quartern, shorten, tauten, torten, Wharton

Definition of quartan in US English:

quartan

adjectiveˈkwɔrtnˈkwôrtn

Medicine

attributive Denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day.
〔医〕（疟疾）每三日复发一次的
Quartan malaria (or quartan ague) is caused by infection with Plasmodium malariae. Compare with tertian
Example sentencesExamples
- As the criminal had a quartan fever, Fallopius wished to investigate the effects of opium on the paroxysms.
- I had a quartan ague which held me foure or five months, and had altogether disvisaged and altered my countenance, yet my mind held ever out, not onely peaceably but pleasantly…
- The Bishop was seized with a quartan ague and began to shake.
- He suffered for about eighteen months from the quartan fever which is a fever which recurs at approximately 72-hour intervals.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin ( febris) quartana, based on Latin quartus ‘fourth’ (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day).

单词	quartan
释义	Definition of quartan in English: quartan adjective ˈkwɔːt(ə)nˈkwɔrtn Medicine Denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day. 〔医〕（疟疾）每三日复发一次的 Quartan malaria (or quartan ague) is caused by infection with Plasmodium malariae. Compare with tertian Example sentencesExamples I had a quartan ague which held me foure or five months, and had altogether disvisaged and altered my countenance, yet my mind held ever out, not onely peaceably but pleasantly… He suffered for about eighteen months from the quartan fever which is a fever which recurs at approximately 72-hour intervals. As the criminal had a quartan fever, Fallopius wished to investigate the effects of opium on the paroxysms. The Bishop was seized with a quartan ague and began to shake. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin (febris) quartana, based on Latin quartus 'fourth' (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day). Rhymes boughten, chorten, foreshorten, Laughton, Morton, Naughton, Orton, quartern, shorten, tauten, torten, Wharton Definition of quartan in US English: quartan adjectiveˈkwɔrtnˈkwôrtn Medicine attributive Denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day. 〔医〕（疟疾）每三日复发一次的 Quartan malaria (or quartan ague) is caused by infection with Plasmodium malariae. Compare with tertian Example sentencesExamples As the criminal had a quartan fever, Fallopius wished to investigate the effects of opium on the paroxysms. I had a quartan ague which held me foure or five months, and had altogether disvisaged and altered my countenance, yet my mind held ever out, not onely peaceably but pleasantly… The Bishop was seized with a quartan ague and began to shake. He suffered for about eighteen months from the quartan fever which is a fever which recurs at approximately 72-hour intervals. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin ( febris) quartana, based on Latin quartus ‘fourth’ (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day).
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