quartan

An obsolete adjective describing a fever that recurs every fourth day, historically used in medical contexts.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das ein Fieber beschreibt, das jeden vierten Tag wiederkehrt, historisch im medizinischen Zusammenhang verwendet.

1. Recurring every fourth day C2 formal medical

   Describing a fever or illness, especially a type of malaria, that recurs every fourth day (counting the day of occurrence as the first).

   • The patient was diagnosed with quartan malaria.
   • Quartan fevers were historically common in certain regions.
   • The doctor noted the quartan pattern of the recurring symptoms.

   🇩🇪Quartanfieber

A noun referring to a type of malarial fever that recurs every fourth day.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das einen Typ von Malariafieber bezeichnet, das sich jeden vierten Tag wiederholt.

1. Malarial fever C2 formal medical

   A type of malaria characterized by fever that recurs every fourth day (counting the day of the fever as day one).

   • The patient was diagnosed with quartan malaria after experiencing periodic fevers.
   • Quartan fever is caused by the parasite Plasmodium malariae.
   • Historically, quartan was a common form of malaria in temperate regions.

   🇩🇪Quartana