Medical term:
tertian
tertian
[ter´shan]recurring in 3-day cycles (every second day); applied to the type of fever caused by certain forms of malarial parasites; see also malaria.
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ter·tian
(ter'shăn),Recurring every third day, counting the day of an episode as the first; actually, occurring every 48 hours or every other day.
[L. tertianus, fr. tertius, third]
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tertian
(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.
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ter·tian
(tĕr'shăn)Referring to a fever that recurs at intervals of 48 hours.
[L. tertianus, fr. tertius, third]
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tertian
Recurring on alternate days (on the third day).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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