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Tertian
Tertian Ter"tian, a. [L. tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce.] (Med.) Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.
Tertian
Tertian Ter"tian, n. [L. tertiana (sc. febris): cf. OF. tertiane.] 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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- Look up tertian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In music theory, tertian (Latin: terti****, "of or concerning thirds") describes any piece, chord,...
- followed by shivering and then fever and sweating, occurring every two days (tertian fever) in P. vivax and P. ovale infections, and every three days (quartan...
- half-diminished seventh, and the diminished seventh. The less commonly found tertians are the minor major seventh and the augmented major seventh. Seventh chords...
- called triadic chords, are tertian chords with three notes. The four basic triads are described below. Seventh chords are tertian chords, constructed by adding...
- time, in the coastal marshes of England, mortality from "marsh fever" or "tertian ague" (ague: via French from medieval Latin acuta (febris), acute fever)...
- arthritis, gout, and fainting fits, and fell seriously ill in March with tertian ague and then suffered a stroke. He died at Theobalds House in Hertfordshire...
- to denote its contents.[citation needed] The unit was also known as a tertian (from the Latin word for "third"). Of comparable size to the beer hogshead...
- Pentadrone, Decaton, Nonaton, Octon, Septon, Hexton, Quinton, Quarton, Tertian, Secundus, Primus and Rogue Unit In his review of the Planescape Campaign...
- "fledgling"). Second years are called "semi-bejants", third years are known as "tertians", and fourth years, or others in their final year of study, are called...
- General, the Provincial Superior appoints a novice master and a master of tertians to oversee formation, and rectors of local communities of Jesuits. For...