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
The pulse becomes weak, thready, and frequent; the temperature lacks the typical remittent character of normal measles; there is unusual prostration; and the nervous centres are profoundly concerned, as shown by delirium, convulsions, and coma.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The pulse in remittent fever differs from that of the typhoid or yellow fevers by being more synochal in character, firmer, and more resisting to pressure.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Other causes which determine remittent rather than intermittent attacks are personal to patients.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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