About The Word Tertian
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Tertian
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What's The Definition Of Tertian?
[adj] of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a tertian tonal system"
[adj] relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day; "tertian fever" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tertian: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tertian: See Also | Tertian In Webster's Dictionary \Ter"tian\, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third.
See {Tierce}.] (Med.)
Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
\Ter"tian\, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.] 1. (Med.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. 2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. |
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