quartan

== English == === Etymology === From 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔːtən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹtən/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tən === Noun === quartan (plural quartans) (medicine, historical) A fever whose symptoms recur every four days. === Adjective === quartan (not comparable) (medicine) Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms. ==== Coordinate terms ==== quotidian tertian === Further reading === quartan fever on Wikipedia.Wikipedia