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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
Derived Forms
- ˈٳٱԳ, noun
- ˈٳٱԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·tԳ ·t· noun
- ·tԳ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of remittent1
Example Sentences
In some of the cases observed by Levick80 the symptoms were those of pernicious congestive remittent fever, such as copious serous discharges, not unlike those of Asiatic cholera, colliquative sweats, and other symptoms of exhaustion.
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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