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Quintan
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
(2):
(n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quintan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/q/quintan.html. 1828.