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Three varieties are associated with malarial fever in man—the tertian, quartan, and estivo-autumnal malarial parasites.
Tertian segmenting forms are less frequently typical than quartan.
With the tertian parasite, the segments more frequently form an irregular cluster.
Physicians skilled in magic applied three seeds of three-leaved grass to tertian ague, and four to a quartian.
From this I contracted a severe cold, which ended in a tertian ague.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tertian, such as: tertiary, and triennial.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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