Quartan Definition

kwôrtn
adjective
Occurring every fourth day, counting both days of occurrence.
Webster's New World
noun
A type of malaria in which the paroxysms occur every fourth day.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quartan

Noun

Singular:
quartan
Plural:
quartans

Origin of Quartan

  • Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days"), from quartus (“fourth").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English quartaine from Old French from Latin quārtāna from quārtānus of the fourth from quārtus fourth kwetwer- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Quartan Sentence Examples

  • It is the general rule, with frequent exceptions, that the quotidian paroxysm comes on in the morning, the tertian about noon, and the quartan in the afternoon.

  • Another rule is that the quartan has the longest cold stage, while its paroxysm is shortest as a whole; the quotidian has the shortest cold stage and a long hot stage, while its paroxysm is longest as a whole.

  • Quotidian intermittent is on the whole more common than tertian in hot countries; elsewhere the tertian is the usual type, and quartan is only occasional.

  • Another paroxysm begins at or near the same hour next day (quotidian ague), which results from a double tertian infection, or the interval may be fortyeight hours (tertian ague), or seventy-two hours (quartan ague).

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