intermittent fever
a malarial fever in which feverish periods lasting a few hours alternate with periods in which the temperature is normal.
any fever characterized by intervals of normal temperature.
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How to use intermittent fever in a sentence
When Dr. Smith arrived, he found him suffering from an attack of intermittent fever, and hastened to render aid.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneArctic enthusiasm is an intermittent fever, returning in almost epidemic form after intervals of normal indifference.
Malignant intermittent fever and diseases of the skin are frequent in Huaura.
In other words, the intermittent fever of a sort of harmless rascality was afflicting this old creature.
Rhoda Fleming, Complete | George MeredithUnawast, that which chills one, is a generic name for intermittent fever, otherwise known as fever and ague.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees | James Mooney
British Dictionary definitions for intermittent fever
any fever, such as malaria, characterized by intervals of periodic remission
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