the tertian fever

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• 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

• 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 — Ter tian, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See {Tierce}.] (Med.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 — /terr sheuhn/, adj. 1. Pathol. (of a malarial fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day. n. 2. Pathol. a tertian fever. 3. a Jesuit during the period of tertianship. [1325 75; ME terciane < L (febris) tertiana tertian… …   Universalium

• 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 — 1. adjective a) Of a fever, characterised by paroxysms every third day. b) Pertaining to the mean tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune. 2. noun A tertian fever …   Wiktionary

• 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

• Tertian — Ter tian, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.] 1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. [1913 Webster] 2. A liquid measure …   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

• tertian — [ tə:ʃ(ə)n] adjective Medicine denoting a form of malaria causing a fever that recurs every second day. Origin ME (fever) terciane, from L. (febris) tertiana, from tertius third (the fever recurring every third day by inclusive reckoning) …   English new terms dictionary