quartan

Meaning

Noun

A fever whose symptoms recur every four days.

Adj

Recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms.

Synonyms

malaria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkwɔːtən/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman quartaine, Old French quartaine, from Latin quartāna (short for febris quartana), noun use of feminine form of quartānus (“recurring every four days”), from quartus (“fourth”).