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Webster 1913 Edition

Quotidian

Quo-tid′i-an

(kwō̍-tĭd′ĭ-an)
,
Adj.
[OE.
cotidian
, L.
quotidianus
, fr.
quotidie
daily;
quotus
how many +
dies
day: cf. OF.
cotidien
, F.
quotidien
. See
Quota
,
Deity
.]
Occurring or returning daily;
as, a
quotidian
fever
.

Quo-tid′i-an

(kwō̍-tĭd′ĭ-an)
,
Noun.
Anything returning daily; especially
(Med.)
, an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quotidian

QUOTID'IAN

,
Adj.
[L. quotidianus; quotus and dies.] Daily; occurring or returning daily; as a quotidian fever.

QUOTID'IAN

, n.
1.
A fever whose paroxysms return every day.
2.
Any thing returning daily.

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