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Quartan

Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.

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Ague 76% connected

An acute fever.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Period 66% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Actinotherapy noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance

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Chelation noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning

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Coccidiosis noun · 78% connection

(veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia

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Curvature noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; "curvature of the spine"

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Disfunction noun · 78% connection

(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…

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Dysfunction noun · 78% connection

(medicine) any disturbance in the functioning of an organ or body part or a disturbance in the functioning of a social group; "erectil…

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Emergency procedure noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)

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Gauze bandage noun · 78% connection

(medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings

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Germ theory noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the theory that all contagious diseases are caused by microorganisms

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Group practice noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources

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Immune carrier noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which they are immune but who can pass it on to others

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Immunity noun · 78% connection

(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

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Low-level radioactive waste noun · 78% connection

(medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)

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Medicinal drug noun · 78% connection

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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Medicine noun · 78% connection

(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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Percussor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Plessor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Plexor noun · 78% connection

(medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes

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Ab noun · 78% connection

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Account noun · 78% connection

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Agued imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Ague

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Aguish adjective · 78% connection

Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Apyretic adjective · 78% connection

Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.

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Cake noun · 78% connection

A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Calculation noun · 78% connection

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Counter verb · 78% connection

A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

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Dengue noun · 78% connection

A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Elul noun · 78% connection

The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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Febrile adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, fourth, occurring, reckoning, inclusively.
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