tertian
Americanadjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of tertian
1325–75; Middle English terciane < Latin ( febris ) tertiāna tertian (fever), equivalent to terti ( us ) third + -āna, feminine of -ānus -an
Example Sentences
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Influenza, tertian fever, leprosy were all endemic, along with tapeworm and a mysterious intestinal infestation that made its victim long to eat earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
A total of 213 cases was reported; of those, only six were of the "benign tertian" or vivax type.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he died of tertian malaria, nephritis and influenza, was buried on a hilltop in Addis Ababa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quinine also destroys the sexual forms of all but P. falciparum, which means that even after he is "cured" by quinine a patient with malignant tertian malaria can give the protozoa to any suitable mosquito.
From Time Magazine Archive
To have health in this climate—that is to say, to escape malaria—you must abjure vegetation; and the only way to avoid tertian is to book yourself for a sunstroke.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
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