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quintan - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'quintan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quintan [ a.]
- Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
2 . Quintan [ n.]
- An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.