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sextan
[ sek-stuhn ]
adjective
- (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recur every sixth day.
noun
- a sextan fever.
sextan
/ 藞蝉蓻办蝉迟蓹苍 /
adjective
- (of a fever) marked by paroxysms that recur after an interval of five days
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sextan1
C17: from Medieval Latin sextana ( febris ) (fever) of the sixth (day)
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The more important of these fevers or febrile conditions are: Ephemeral Hemitertian Double quartan Interpolated Synocha Causon synochides Epilala Quotidian Double tertian Quintan Continued Causon Putrid Lipparia Tertian Quartan Sextan Synochus Synochus causonides Ethica Erratica Some of these names are still preserved in our nosologies of the present day; others will be recalled by the memories of our older physicians, and a few have totally disappeared from our modern medical nomenclature.
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