tertian

  • 21tertian — ter|ti|an 〈[ tsja:n] Adj.; Med.〉 dreitägig, alle drei Tage auftretend (z. B. von Fieberanfällen) [Etym.: <lat. tertianus »dreitägig«] …

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  • 22tertian — tertia̱n, in fachspr. Fügungen: tertia̱|nus, ...na, ...num [zu lat. tertius = der dritte]: dreitägig, alle drei Tage auftretend (bezogen z. B. auf Fieberanfälle) …

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  • 23tertian — ter|ti|an <aus lat. tertianus »zum dritten (Tag) gehörend«>: a) dreitägig (z. B. von Fieberanfällen); b) alle drei Tage auftretend (z. B. von Fieberanfällen; Med.) …

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  • 24tertian — ter·tian || tÉœrʃn / tɜːʃn adj. (about attacks of disease) recurring every other day …

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  • 25tertian — [ tə:ʃ(ə)n] adjective Medicine denoting a form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every second day. Origin ME (fever) terciane, from L. (febris) tertiana, from tertius third (the fever recurring every third day by inclusive reckoning) …

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  • 26tertian — ter·tian …

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  • 27tertian —   a.,n. (fever) recurring after three (i.e., every two) days.    ♦ tertiary, a. of third degree; n. member of third monastic order.    ♦ tertium quid, n. third something , not included in simple classification; intermediate or anomalous thing.… …

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  • 28tertian — adj. (of a fever) recurring every third day by inclusive counting. Etymology: ME (fever) tersiane f. L (febris) tertiana (as TERTIARY) …

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  • 29tertian malaria — malaria in which febrile paroxysms occur every third day, counting the day of occurrence as the first. Vivax malaria and ovale malaria often follow this pattern …

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  • 30tertian fever — see malaria …

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