tertian


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ter·tian

 (tûr′shən)
adj.
Recurring every other day or, when considered inclusively, every third day: a tertian fever.
n. Medicine
A tertian fever, such as vivax malaria.

[Middle English terciane, tertian fever, from Latin (febris) tertiāna, (fever) of the third (day), from tertius, third; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]
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tertian

(ˈtɜːʃən)
adj
(Medicine) (of a fever or the symptoms of a disease, esp malaria) occurring every other day
n
(Medicine) a tertian fever or symptoms
[C14: from Latin febris tertiāna fever occurring every third day, reckoned inclusively, from tertius third]
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ter•tian

(ˈtɜr ʃən)

adj.
(of a fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.
[1325–75; Middle English terciane < Latin (febris) tertiāna tertian (fever) <tertius third]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.tertian - relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day; "tertian fever"
2.tertian - of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a tertian tonal system"
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ter·tian

a. terciano-a, que se repite cada tercer día;
___ feverfiebre ___.
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"I have a tertian fever, which seized me after the fete at Vaux."
By these means Elnathan had acquired a certain degree of knowledge in fevers and agues, and could talk with judgment concerning intermittents, remittents, tertians, quotidians, etc.
I went to study cimbalom at the conservatory in Kromeriz (conservatories in Central Eastern Europe are in fact institutions of secondary, rather than tertian, education--translator's note).
He said that communities of the GB were more prone to natural disasters because of certain geographic tertian and it was our responsibility to educate our youth about the beautiful concept of voluntarism and equip them with relevant skills and knowledge so as to respond to the emergencies in planned, organised and professional ways.
(2) A quartan fever recurs every fourth day, the tertian every
Fever was of tertian pattern without any rash but associated with nausea and vomiting.
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Similar cases have been reported in Greece between 2009 and 2013 with registered cases of tertian malaria with local transmission imported by migrants (29).
Ibn al-Baytar, a leading pharmacologist of the thirteenth century, cites al-Razi's Manafi' al-aghdhiya in his own work on drugs and foodstuffs, echoing much of the specific information found in our treatise below, namely, that watermelons, especially the sweet parts of watermelons far from the rind, turn quickly into bile and thus can cause tertian burning fevers.
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