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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(medicine, of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning)..
And although we feele it not, it is not to bee doubted, if a continuall ague may in the end suppresse our mind, a tertian will also (according to her measure and proportion) breed some alteration in it.
He died of the slow fever call'd the tertian, / And left his widow to her own aversion.
Use tertian when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tertian means (medicine, of a fever) Characterised by paroxysms recurring every other day (that is, every third day by inclusive reckoning)..
Common synonyms include puncheon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And although we feele it not, it is not to bee doubted, if a continuall ague may in the end suppresse our mind, a tertian will also (according to her measure and proportion) breed some alteration in it.
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