quartan

/kwawr-tn/US // ˈkwɔr tn //UK // (ˈkwɔːtən) //

四方,四元,四元组,四方的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted.

n.名词 noun

Three varieties are associated with malarial fever in man—the tertian, quartan, and estivo-autumnal malarial parasites.
Tertian segmenting forms are less frequently typical than quartan.
Quartan, kwor′tan, adj. occurring every fourth day, as a fever or ague.
Favorinus extolled Thersites, and wrote in praise of a quartan ague.
When traveling in Europe, in the year 1825, I was attacked with very severe quartan fever.