1. Adjective
Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.
2. Noun
An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.
3. Noun
A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
4. Noun
a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day
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