ter·tian /ˈtɝʃən/
(a.)每三天發生一次的,隔日的隔日熱
ter·tian /ˈtɝʃən/ 形容詞
每三日(復發)的,間日(復發)的
Ter·tian a. Med. Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
Ter·tian, n.
1. Med. A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.
2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.
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tertian
adj 1: relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear
every other day; "tertian fever"
2: of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds; "a
tertian tonal system"