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tertian

[tur-shuhn] / ˈtɜr ʃən /
ADJECTIVE
third
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Paul Tertian is among thousands who left Porter Ranch to escape the gas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2016

The fever may be irregularly intermittent, but at longer intervals than the Tertian variety.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

When the Fever is a Tertian, an Ounce should be given between the two Fits: which makes eight Doses, one of which is to be taken every three Hours.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

In Spring 1761, what Agues we had were mostly Tertian, some Quotidian, and but two or three of the Quartan Kind.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

In the simple Tertian, or third Day's Fever, the Fits return every other Day; so that three Days include one Paroxysm, and the Return of another.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)




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