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quartan fever
KWAR-tan FEE-vur
adjective
a fever occurring in 72 hour cycles
1822John Lewis BurckhardtTravels in Syria and the Holy LandHence intermittent fevers, especially those of the quartan form, are very common in the town in that season.1900Arthur Conan DoyleThe Green Flag'Sir Charles is in weak health just now, only clear of a quartan ague, and it is likely he will keep his cabin most of the voyage.1981Mary RenaultFuneral GamesIollas had died soon after he got home from Asia, of a quartan fever picked up in the Babylonian swamps…

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