quartan

English Thesaurus

1. a malarial fever that recurs every fourth day (noun.state)

hypernym	:	ague, chills and fever,
definition	:	successive stages of chills and fever that is a symptom of malaria (noun.state)

2. occurring every fourth day (especially the fever and weakness of malaria) (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

pertainym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)