QUARTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quartan mean? 

• QUARTAN (noun)
  The noun QUARTAN has 1 sense:

1. a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

  Familiarity information: QUARTAN used as a noun is very rare.

• QUARTAN (adjective)
  The adjective QUARTAN has 1 sense:

1. occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

  Familiarity information: QUARTAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUARTAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("quartan" is a kind of...):

ague; chills and fever (successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria)

• QUARTAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

quartan malaria

Pertainym:

time period (an amount of time)