Definition of Sextan

1. Adjective. (obsolete medicine) That recurs on the sixth day ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete medicine) Such a fever ¹

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Definition of Sextan

1. a recurrent malarial fever [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sextan

1. Denoting a malarial fever the paroxysms of which recur every sixth day, counting the day of the episode as the first; i.e., with a four-day asymptomatic interval. Origin: L. Sextus, sixth (05 Mar 2000)

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