quintann.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɪntən/, U.S.

/ˈkwɪntn/

Forms: 1600s quintane, 1600s– quintan.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French quintane; Latin quintana.

Etymology: < French quintane, adjective (16th cent. in Middle French in Paré as quintaine ) or its etymon post-classical Latin quintana (in febris quintana fever that occurs every fifth day (from a1250 in British sources)) < classical Latin quīntāna , feminine of quīntānus of or relating to the fifth < quīntus fifth (see quint n.¹) + -ānus -an suffix. Compare ancient Greek πεμταῖος , short for πεμταῖος πυρετός quintan fever. Compare also Spanish quintana , noun (1495, rare), fiebre quintana (a1611), Italian quintana , noun (a1529 in this sense), and Middle French, French fièvre quinte (1557). Compare earlier tertian n., quartan n., and also sextan adj., nonan n.

Medicine.

A. n.

A fever that recurs (by inclusive reckoning) every fifth day. Now historical and rare.

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tertian1362

quartana1387

quotidiana1398

ephemera1398

quarterna1568

day-fever1601

nonan1601

quintan1601

septimane1601

sextan1601

semitertian1609

triple quartan1625

diary1640

septan1657

third ague1674

quartanary1684

subintrant1684

intermittent1693

nonary1747

seven day fever1788

octan1799

third-day ague1818

type-fever1819

triple tertian1822

triplicate quartan (ague)1822

tetartophyia1842

1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxvi. xi. 260 (margin) Namely Quintans, Sextanes, Septimanes & Nonanes, &c.

1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. Gen. Coll. Disc. Virtuosi France xxxvii. 227 The Compounded (or complex) Humoral Fever is caus'd by the mixture of those Humours, which then cause a double Quotidian, double Tertian, and double Quartane, yea, sometimes, but very rarely, a Quintane, and others of longer interval.

1684 R. Johnson Enchiridion Medicum ii. vii. 120 It is sometimes three, sometimes four days, before the returning of the fit; from whence it is called a Quartan, or Quintan, &c.

1706 tr. F. de la Calmette Riverius Reformatus 439 Which Exasperations, according as they return every other, or the fourth, or fifth Day, are used to be call'd Quotidians, Tertians, Quartans, Quintans.

1734 F. Clifton tr. Hippocrates Air 68 There are likewise..quartans, quintans [Gk. πεμπταῖοι], septans, and nonans.

1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 63 What is called a quintan, is in fact a tertian, whose third accession is either suppressed or imperceptible.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 216 A type more resembling a quartan and quintan than any other.

1909 W. H. S. Jones Malaria & Greek Hist. iii. 63 In the first book of the Epidemics fevers are divided into..(2) quotidians;..(6) quintans.

2004 A. J. Bollet Plagues & Poxes i. ii. 32 The Hippocratic works carefully describe the periodicity of the chills and febrile episodes,..even mentioning rare forms such as quintans, septans, and nonans.

B. adj.

Recurring (by inclusive reckoning) every fifth day (i.e. at intervals of approximately ninety-six hours); spec. designating fever (in later use esp. trench fever) which recurs in this way.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > fevers of specific duration

quotidiana1393

quartana1398

ephemera1528

quartern?1549

semitertian1565

ephemeral1576

periodical1585

typic1601

septimane1634

ephemeran1643

hemitritaean1651

nonan1657

quintan1657

septan1657

sextan1657

quartanary1669

subintrant1747

periodic1805

octan1835

typical1853

1657 B. W. tr. B. Bauderon Expert Phisician 123 The Quintan, Sextan, Septan, and Nonan Feavers, differ not from intermitting Feavers.

1739 Mem. Royal Soc. II. 350 The above-mentioned symptoms..attacked her, first, in tertian, then quartan, and not long after that, in quintan periods.

1918 Trench Fever (Amer. Red Cross) ii. 12 One can only conjecture as to whether the quintan fever described by Hippocrates, Galen, and Razes was the disease known to-day as trench fever.

1940 Isis 31 384 A consumptive condition also opened the door for other diseases, such as dropsy and quintan fever.

1975 Class. Q. 25 177 Here the Hippocratic doctrine..is that there are quintan, septan, and nonan fevers.

2003 F. S. Southwick Infectious Dis. in 30 Days 424/2 Recurrent fever every 5 days (quintan fever) is the most common presentation and is the basis for the organism's name [sc. Bartonella quintana].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quintan
释义	quintann.adj. Brit. /ˈkwɪntən/, U.S. /ˈkwɪntn/ Forms: 1600s quintane, 1600s– quintan. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French quintane; Latin quintana. Etymology: < French quintane, adjective (16th cent. in Middle French in Paré as quintaine ) or its etymon post-classical Latin quintana (in febris quintana fever that occurs every fifth day (from a1250 in British sources)) < classical Latin quīntāna , feminine of quīntānus of or relating to the fifth < quīntus fifth (see quint n.¹) + -ānus -an suffix. Compare ancient Greek πεμταῖος , short for πεμταῖος πυρετός quintan fever. Compare also Spanish quintana , noun (1495, rare), fiebre quintana (a1611), Italian quintana , noun (a1529 in this sense), and Middle French, French fièvre quinte (1557). Compare earlier tertian n., quartan n., and also sextan adj., nonan n. Medicine. A. n. A fever that recurs (by inclusive reckoning) every fifth day. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > fever of specific duration tertian1362 quartana1387 quotidiana1398 ephemera1398 quarterna1568 day-fever1601 nonan1601 quintan1601 septimane1601 sextan1601 semitertian1609 triple quartan1625 diary1640 septan1657 third ague1674 quartanary1684 subintrant1684 intermittent1693 nonary1747 seven day fever1788 octan1799 third-day ague1818 type-fever1819 triple tertian1822 triplicate quartan (ague)1822 tetartophyia1842 1601 P. Holland in tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xxvi. xi. 260 (margin) Namely Quintans, Sextanes, Septimanes & Nonanes, &c. 1664 G. Havers tr. T. Renaudot et al. Gen. Coll. Disc. Virtuosi France xxxvii. 227 The Compounded (or complex) Humoral Fever is caus'd by the mixture of those Humours, which then cause a double Quotidian, double Tertian, and double Quartane, yea, sometimes, but very rarely, a Quintane, and others of longer interval. 1684 R. Johnson Enchiridion Medicum ii. vii. 120 It is sometimes three, sometimes four days, before the returning of the fit; from whence it is called a Quartan, or Quintan, &c. 1706 tr. F. de la Calmette Riverius Reformatus 439 Which Exasperations, according as they return every other, or the fourth, or fifth Day, are used to be call'd Quotidians, Tertians, Quartans, Quintans. 1734 F. Clifton tr. Hippocrates Air 68 There are likewise..quartans, quintans [Gk. πεμπταῖοι], septans, and nonans. 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 63 What is called a quintan, is in fact a tertian, whose third accession is either suppressed or imperceptible. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 216 A type more resembling a quartan and quintan than any other. 1909 W. H. S. Jones Malaria & Greek Hist. iii. 63 In the first book of the Epidemics fevers are divided into..(2) quotidians;..(6) quintans. 2004 A. J. Bollet Plagues & Poxes i. ii. 32 The Hippocratic works carefully describe the periodicity of the chills and febrile episodes,..even mentioning rare forms such as quintans, septans, and nonans. B. adj. Recurring (by inclusive reckoning) every fifth day (i.e. at intervals of approximately ninety-six hours); spec. designating fever (in later use esp. trench fever) which recurs in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > fevers of specific duration quotidiana1393 quartana1398 ephemera1528 quartern?1549 semitertian1565 ephemeral1576 periodical1585 typic1601 septimane1634 ephemeran1643 hemitritaean1651 nonan1657 quintan1657 septan1657 sextan1657 quartanary1669 subintrant1747 periodic1805 octan1835 typical1853 1657 B. W. tr. B. Bauderon Expert Phisician 123 The Quintan, Sextan, Septan, and Nonan Feavers, differ not from intermitting Feavers. 1739 Mem. Royal Soc. II. 350 The above-mentioned symptoms..attacked her, first, in tertian, then quartan, and not long after that, in quintan periods. 1918 Trench Fever (Amer. Red Cross) ii. 12 One can only conjecture as to whether the quintan fever described by Hippocrates, Galen, and Razes was the disease known to-day as trench fever. 1940 Isis 31 384 A consumptive condition also opened the door for other diseases, such as dropsy and quintan fever. 1975 Class. Q. 25 177 Here the Hippocratic doctrine..is that there are quintan, septan, and nonan fevers. 2003 F. S. Southwick Infectious Dis. in 30 Days 424/2 Recurrent fever every 5 days (quintan fever) is the most common presentation and is the basis for the organism's name [sc. Bartonella quintana]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1601
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