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Adjective: tertian  tur-shun
  1. Relating to symptoms (especially malarial fever) that appear every other day
    "tertian fever"
     
  2. Of or relating to a tonal system based on major thirds
    "a tertian tonal system"

See also: cycle, third

Encyclopedia: Tertian

Nearest

terror-struck
Terry
terry
terry cloth
terry towel
terrycloth
Tersanctus
terse
tersely
terseness
tertian
tertiary
Tertiary
Tertiary period
tertiary syphilis
tertigravida
tertium quid
Tertry
Tertullian
Terylene
terza rima