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单词 sextan
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sex•tan  (sek′stən),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. (of a fever) characterized by paroxysms that recurevery sixth day.

n. 
  1. a sextan fever.
  • Neo-Latin sextān(a) ( febris) sixth day (fever), equivalent. to Latin sext(us) sixth + āna -an
  • 1650–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sextan /ˈsɛkstən/ adj
  1. (of a fever) marked by paroxysms that recur after an interval of five days
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin sextana (febris) (fever) of the sixth (day)
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