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Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.

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  1. a. Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
  2. n. An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
  3. Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. -- n. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
  4. Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring everyfifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.-- n. (Med.)
  5. a. Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever. n. An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.