sextan

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adjective

That recurs on the sixth day

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivesextan (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletemedicineThat recurs on the sixth day
nounsextan (plural sextans)

plural sextans

  1. obsoletemedicineA fever that recurs every sixth day.
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Chicago

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