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SEXTAN

\sˈɛkstən], \sˈɛkstən], \s_ˈɛ_k_s_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of SEXTAN

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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[Latin] Recurring every fifth day (i e., on the 6th, 11th, 16th, etc., days of a disease); as S. fevers.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

(Of fever &c.) recurring every sixth day.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

Recurring every sixth (fifth) day.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Recurring every sixth day. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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