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remittent
[ri-mit-nt]
adjective
abating for a time or at intervals.
remittent symptoms.
of, relating to, or characterized by a remittent fever.
noun
a remittent fever.
remittent
/ ɪˈɪəԳ /
adjective
(of a fever or the symptoms of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity
Other Word Forms
- remittence noun
- remittency noun
- remittently adverb
- ˈٳٱԳ noun
- ˈٳٱԳٱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of remittent1
Example Sentences
The facial expression of patients suffering with remittent is sufficiently characteristic to afford some diagnostic inferences.
Bilious remittent fever occurs in the summer months, and smallpox prevails from November to March.
Malta Fever, or bilious remittent fever, is found in some of the islands taken from Spain.
Gastrol′ogy, cookery, good eating.—Gastric fever, a bilious remittent fever; Gastric juice, the digestive liquid secreted by the glands of the stomach.
By remittent fever is to be understood this modification of vital action which rests or abates, but does not go entirely off before a fresh attack ensues.
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