: occurring every fourth day reckoning inclusively
specifically : recurring at approximately 72-hour intervals
a quartan ague
: a quartan fever
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Here's what's been keeping our thumbs active in these quartan-times when the work keyboards have retired for the day. —Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2020
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quartan
2 of 2 noun
: an intermittent fever that recurs at approximately 72-hour intervals
especially : malariae malaria
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