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单词 sextan
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sextann.adj.

Brit. /ˈsɛkstən/, U.S. /ˈsɛkstən/
Forms: 1600s sextane, 1600s– sextan.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sextanus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin sextanus recurring every sixth day, counting inclusively (a1250 in a British source in febris sextana sextan fever) < classical Latin sextus sixth (see sext n.1) + -ānus -an suffix. Compare earlier quartan n., and also quintan n., etc.
Medicine. Now historical and rare.
A. n.
A fever that recurs (by inclusive reckoning) every sixth day (i.e. on the first and sixth days of a six-day period).
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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. [sc. types of ‘intermittent ague’].
1718 E. Strother Criticon Febrium (ed. 2) ix. 215 Intermitting Fevers... A Sextan.
1855 Dublin Hosp. Gaz. 1 61/1 Van Swieten quotes Boerhave as having seen an exquisite septenary..but neither of them mention a sextan.
1874 Amer. Cycl. VII. 165/1 Extremely rare varieties of type [of fever] are a quintan, sextan, heptan, and octan; these names expressing the length of the intervals.
1949 S. F. Kitchen in M. F. Boyd Malariol. xliii. 1035/2 Various post-Hippocratic writers speak of other and longer intermissions, of sextans, octans, decimans,..and so on.
B. adj.
Recurring (by inclusive reckoning) every sixth day; spec. designating 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.
1714 T. Boydell Medicaster Exenteratus 13 And I foresee the great Eclypse next Year Will Sextan Agues bring amongst you here.
1827 Lancet 17 Mar. 758/1 It is alleged that three, or four days may be interposed between the fits, or even a week; when the terms quintan, sextan, and septenary, have been applied.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 318 Further modifications have been recognised by nosologists as quintan, sextan, octan.
1910 V. E. Collins & J. A. Liebmann tr. G. Dieulafoy Text-bk. Med. v. iii. 1753 We also see very rare types [of intermittent fever] in which the fever is quintan, sextan, septan, or octan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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