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quintan fever

quintan fever noun: an intermittent fever returning every fifth day (inclusive), or in which the intermission lasts three days.

Noun

quintan fever (plural quintan fevers)

  1. (archaic) An intermittent fever returning every fifth day (inclusive), or in which the intermission lasts three days.

Forms of quintan fever

pluralquintan fevers

Origin of quintan fever

Latin

Questions about quintan fever

What does quintan fever mean?
Quintan fever means an intermittent fever returning every fifth day (inclusive), or in which the intermission lasts three days.
What part of speech is quintan fever?
Quintan fever is a noun.
What is the plural of quintan fever?
The plural of quintan fever is quintan fevers.

Words near quintan fever in the dictionary

  1. quintale
  2. quintalejo
  3. quintalejos
  4. quintals
  5. quintan
  6. quintan fever
  7. quintan fevers
  8. Quintana
  9. Quintana Roo
  10. Quintanar
  11. Quintanars

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