Found 2 items, similar to quartan.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: quartan quartan adj : occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria); “quartan malaria”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Quartan Quartan \Quar"tan\, a. [F. quartain, in fi[`e]vre quartaine, L. quartanus, fr. quartus the fourth. See Quart.] Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever. [1913 Webster] Quartan \Quar"tan\, n. 1. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days. [1913 Webster] 2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure. [1913 Webster]