Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Partly tertian and partly quotidian: applied to intermittent fevers.
- noun A semitertian fever.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete, medicine Having a
paroxysm every day, and a second stronger one every two days - noun obsolete, medicine An
intermittent fever of this kind.
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