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tertian
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[ˈtəːʃn], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- denoting a form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every second day
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Origin
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late Middle English (fever) terciane, from Latin (febris) tertiana, from tertius ‘third’ (the fever recurring every third day by inclusive reckoning)
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