tertian

1. a. Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. Source: opted

2. n. A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. Source: opted

3. n. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. Source: opted

4. adj. relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day Source: wordnet

5. adj. of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds Source: wordnet

6. Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. 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. Source: webster

7. a. relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day a. of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds Source: ecdict

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