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Quartan

QUARTAN, quort'an. [Latin quartanus, the fourth.]

Designating the fourth; occurring every fourth day; as a quartan ague or fever.

QUART'AN, noun

1. An intermitting ague that occurs every fourth day, or with intermissions of seventy two hours.

2. A measure containing the fourth part of some other measure.