tertian ague

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• tertian — /ˈtɜʃən/ (say tershuhn) adjective 1. recurring every other day, or, if considered inclusively, every third day. –noun 2. a tertian fever or ague, especially a form of malaria characterised by paroxysms associated with the 48 hour life cycle of… …  

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• lenctenádl — f ( e/ a) spring fever, tertian ague, dysentery …   Old to modern English dictionary

• malaria — ague; = marsh fever; = periodic fever; = paludism; n. an infectious disease due to the presence of parasitic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, or P. vivax) within the red blood cells. The disease is… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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• Fever — (also known as pyrexia, from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response, from the Latin word febris , meaning fever, and archaically known as ague) is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to… …   Wikipedia

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