quartan

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

• 🇫🇷Adjectif désignant une fièvre qui revient tous les quatrièmes jours, notamment dans le cadre du paludisme ou d'autres infections périodiques, terme surtout employé dans un contexte médical historique.

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.

   🇫🇷Quarte (fièvre quarte)

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

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un type de fièvre palustre qui revient tous les quatre jours.

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.

   🇫🇷Fièvre quarte