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tertian

/tur-shuhn/US // ˈtɜr ʃən //UK // (ˈtɜːʃən) //

餍足,餍足者,餍足的,餍足感

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Pathology. characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Pathology. a tertian fever.
    • : a Jesuit during the period of tertianship.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • 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.

  • With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.

  • Physicians skilled in magic applied three seeds of three-leaved grass to tertian ague, and four to a quartian.

  • From this I contracted a severe cold, which ended in a tertian ague.