名詞 quartan:

1. a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day

形容詞 quartan:

1. occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria)

1. Quartan ague kill old men, and cure young.
   三日瘧，青年能治好，老人見閻王。

quar.tan

adj.（形容詞）
Occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours. Used of a fever.
每四日發(fā)作的：從首日到末日計(jì)算，每四天發(fā)生的，或每七十二小時(shí)發(fā)生的。用于指發(fā)燒
n.（名詞）
A malarial fever recurring every 72 hours.
四日熱，三日瘧：每七十二小時(shí)復(fù)發(fā)的瘧疾性發(fā)燒

來源：
Middle English quartaine
中古英語(yǔ) quartaine
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin qu3rt3na
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) qu3rt3na
from qu3rt3nus [of the fourth]
源自 qu3rt3nus [第四的]
from qu3rtus [fourth] * see k wetwer-
源自 qu3rtus [第四] *參見 k wetwer-