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quintan fevers

quintan fevers is the plural of quintan fever.

Meaning of quintan fever

Noun

quintan fever (plural quintan fevers)

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

Questions about quintan fevers

What is quintan fevers the plural of?
Quintan fevers is the plural of quintan fever.

Words near quintan fevers in the dictionary

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

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