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Pronunciation : Ter"tian
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce.] (Med.)
Definition : Defn: Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ter"tian
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.]
Definition : 1. (Med.)

Defn: 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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913