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
Example Sentences
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The symptoms are: remittent fever, emaciation, roughening of, the hair and especially enlargement of the spleen and liver.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was down with an attack of the billious remittent fever.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fever was remittent in type, with a great tendency to become continued; it was characterized by rapidly developing extreme prostration, and was very fatal.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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
It is remarkably remittent in character, and is rarely of such intensity as to threaten life, as is often the case in scarlet fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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