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Quartan [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. QUARTAN , quort'an. [Latin quartanus, the fourth.]

2. Designating the fourth; occurring every fourth day; as a quartan ague or fever.

Quartan [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An intermitting ague that occurs every fourth day, or with intermissions of seventy two hours.

2. A measure containing the fourth part of some other measure.

Quartan [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

Quartan [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.

2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.

Quartane [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Butane, each molecule of which has four carbon atoms.