- tertian malaria
- malaria in which febrile paroxysms occur every third day, counting the day of occurrence as the first. Vivax malaria and ovale malaria often follow this pattern.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
tertian malaria
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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
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