quartan

quartan
[ˈkwɔːt(ə)n]
adjective
  1. [attrib.](Medicine)denoting a mild form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every third day
    (医)(疟疾)每隔两日复发的。 比较 tertian
  2. Quartan malaria (or quartan ague) is caused by infection with Plasmodium malariae
    三日疟是由三日疟原虫感染引起的。比较 tertian
    quartan fever.
    三日热病。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin (febris) quartana, based on Latin quartus 'fourth' (because, by inclusive reckoning, the fever recurs every fourth day)
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