tertian
adjective
(of a malarial fever, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every other day.
subtertian
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a word derived from
tertian.
Example Sentences
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A drop of blood from the lobe of the ear and the microscope reveals the deadly "crescents"—the form the subtertian parasite assumes in this condition.
From Sketches of the East Africa Campaign by Robert Valentine Dolbey
