tertian

tertian
[ˈtəːʃ(ə)n]
adjective
  1. [attrib.](Medicine)denoting a form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every second day
    (医)每三日(复发)的,间日(复发)的。 比较quartan
  2. The common benign tertian malaria (or tertian ague) is caused by infection with Plasmodium vivax or P. ovale, and malignant tertian malaria is caused by P. falciparum
    常见的良性间日疟疾由疟原虫原质团或卵形疟原虫感染所致,而恶性的间日疟疾由恶性疟原虫,镰状疟原虫引起 比较quartan
    tertian fever.
    间日热。
语源
  1. late Middle English (fever) terciane, from Latin (febris) tertiana, from tertius 'third' (the fever recurring every third day by inclusive reckoning)
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