tertian
IPA: tˈɛrʃʌn
noun
- A tertian fever.
- The puncheon, an old wine cask, whose volume was one-third of a tun's.
adjective
- (medicine, of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning).
- (music) Pertaining to the mean-tone temperament, in which major thirds are perfectly in tune.
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Examples of "tertian" in Sentences
- Soon Anjou fell seriously ill with tertian ague , or malaria.
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