quartan

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.
2. adjective Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.

Similar words

ague agues quintan quintan fever octan septan quotidian sextan quart quartole

Often followed by

fever malaria ague parasite fevers parasites and type agues

Word family

quartans