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Tertian

adjective

Relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day.

Of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds.

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"Tertian" Quotes from Famous Books

... the full and circumstantial evidence afforded by Burchard's Diarium of the Cardinal of Modena's death of a tertian fever, the German scholar Gregorovius does not hesitate to write of this cardinal's death: "It is certain that it was due to their ...

— The Life of Cesare Borgia • Raphael Sabatini

... these eight days with a tertian fever, caught in the country on horseback in a thunderstorm. Yesterday I had the fourth attack: the two last were very smart, the first day as well as the last being preceded by vomiting. It is the fever of the place and the season. I feel ...

— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

Words linked to "Tertian" : third, cycle