tertian fever (malaria)

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• tertian fever — see malaria * * * a fever that occurs every third day, such as tertian malaria …   Medical dictionary

• tertian fever — see malaria …   The new mediacal dictionary

• 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

• tertian — [tʉr′shən] adj. [ME tercian < L (febris) tertiana, tertian (fever) < tertius,THIRD] occurring every other day so that it happens on the first and third days: usually applied to fever or a disease causing it, esp. any of certain forms of… …   English World dictionary

• Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …   Medical dictionary

• tertian — Recurring every third day, counting the day of an episode as the first; actually, occurring every 48 hours or every other day. [L. tertianus, fr. tertius, third] double t. denoting malarial infections with two different sets of organisms… …   Medical dictionary

• 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… …  

• tertian — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English tercian, from Anglo French, from Latin tertianus, literally, of the third, from tertius third more at third Date: 14th century recurring at approximately 48 hour intervals used of malaria II. noun Date: 14th …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• malaria — n yellow fever, yellow jack, swamp fever, ague, calenture, delirium, paroxysm, quartan, tertian; fever, feverishness, febricity, (in prescriptions) febris, chills, cold sweat, hot flashes, Pathol. pyrexia; Both Pathol. jaundice, icterus; disease …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Malaria parasite — Any of several minute protozoans of the genus {Plasmodium} (syn. {H[ae]matozo[ o]n}) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus {Anopheles} (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary