remittent
Americanadjective
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abating for a time or at intervals.
remittent symptoms.
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of, relating to, or characterized by a remittent fever.
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of remittent
1685–95; < Latin remittent- (stem of remittēns ), present participle of remittere to send back. See remit, -ent
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I was down with an attack of the billious remittent fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
The symptoms are: remittent fever, emaciation, roughening of, the hair and especially enlargement of the spleen and liver.
From Time Magazine Archive
Temperature chart showing the lapse of a remittent fever into an intermittent.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In the United States army during the years 1861-66, inclusive, there occurred 286,490 cases of remittent fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The facial expression of patients suffering with remittent is sufficiently characteristic to afford some diagnostic inferences.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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