quintan
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Quin·tan
a.
[L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque five. See Five.]
Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
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(kwĭn'tən)
adj.
adj.
Recurring every fifth day. Used of a fever.
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