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Definition of Quintan
1. a. Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
Definition of Quintan
1. Adjective. (context: of a fever) recurring after four days (every five days) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quintan
1. a recurrent fever [n -S]
Medical Definition of Quintan
1.
Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintan
Literary usage of Quintan
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1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"RM Corwine and quintan Cor- icine, for appellee. Mr. Justice Hunt delivered the
opinion o) the court: The complainants, who are also the appel lants, ..."
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