- quartan malaria
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quartan malaria,a mild, persistent form of malaria in which the attacks occur every 72 hours.
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quartan malaria
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quartan malaria — n MALARIAE MALARIA * * * malaria in which febrile paroxysms occur every 72 hours (every fourth day counting the day of occurrence as the first day). It is caused by Plasmodium malariae, which requires 72 hours for completion of each asexual cycle … Medical dictionary
Malaria parasite — Any of several minute protozoans of the genus {Plasmodium} (syn. {H[ae]matozo[ o]n}) which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus {Anopheles} (which see) and when transferred to the blood of man, by the bite of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… … Medical dictionary
malaria — malarial, malarian, malarious, adj. /meuh lair ee euh/, n. 1. Pathol. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now … Universalium
quartan — /kwawr tn/, adj. 1. (of a fever, ague, etc.) characterized by paroxysms that recur every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted. n. 2. a quartan fever or ague. 3. quartan malaria. [1250 1300; ME quartaine < OF < L (febris)… … Universalium
quartan fever — see malaria * * * a fever that occurs every fourth day, such as quartan malaria … Medical dictionary
malaria — ague; = marsh fever; = periodic fever; = paludism; n. an infectious disease due to the presence of parasitic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, or P. vivax) within the red blood cells. The disease is… … The new mediacal dictionary
Quartān — (lat.), viertägig; Quartanfieber, Fieber, dessen Anfälle regelmäßig am vierten Tage wiederkehren (s. Malaria, S. 161) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
quartan — [kwôrt′ n] adj. [ME quartaine < MFr (fièvre) quartaine < L (febris) quartana, (fever) occurring every fourth day, fem. of quartanus < quartus, fourth: see QUART1] occurring every fourth day, counting both days of occurrence: said of a… … English World dictionary
quartan — Recurring every fourth day, including the first day of an episode in the computation, i.e., after a free interval of two days. [L. quartanus, relating to a fourth (thing)] double q. denoting malaria infection with two independent groups of q.… … Medical dictionary
