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Meaning of 'tertian' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tertian [ a.]
- Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
2 . Tertian [ n.]
- A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.
- A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.

Meaning of 'tertian' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tertian [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
Example in sentence:
  • a tertian tonal system
Meaning (2):
- relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
Example in sentence:
  • tertian fever

Nearby Words:

ter- ter-tenant teraconic teracrylic teraph teraphim teraphs terapin teratical teratogeny

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