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Webster 1913 Edition


Semitertian

Semˊi-ter′tian

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Adj.
(Med.)
Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.
Noun.
An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.

Webster 1828 Edition


Semitertian

SEMITER'TIAN

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Adj.
[semi and tertian.] Compounded of a tertian and a quotidian ague.

SEMITER'TIAN

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Noun.
Am intermittent compounded of a tertian and a quotidian.

Definition 2024


semitertian

semitertian

English

Adjective

semitertian (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, medicine, of a fever) Having a paroxysm every day, and a second stronger one every two days

Noun

semitertian (plural semitertians)

  1. (obsolete, medicine) An intermittent fever of this kind.

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