remittent

American  

[ri-mit-nt] / rɪˈmɪt nt /

adjective

1. abating for a time or at intervals.

   remittent symptoms.

2. of, relating to, or characterized by a remittent fever.

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noun

1. a remittent fever.

remittent British  

/ rɪˈmɪtənt /

adjective

1. (of a fever or the symptoms of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity

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Other Word Forms

• remittence noun
• remittency noun
• remittently adverb

Etymology

Origin of remittent

1685–95; < Latin remittent- (stem of remittēns ), present participle of remittere to send back. See remit, -ent

Example Sentences

The difference in definition between the words remittent and intermittent expresses the clinical distinction between these two forms of fever in a very satisfactory manner.

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Bilious remittent fever occurs in the summer months, and smallpox prevails from November to March.

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Malta Fever, or bilious remittent fever, is found in some of the islands taken from Spain.

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Gastrol′ogy, cookery, good eating.—Gastric fever, a bilious remittent fever; Gastric juice, the digestive liquid secreted by the glands of the stomach.

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The powers of the system may become exhausted by efforts at relief, and the fever will be periodically reduced; this form of fever is called remittent.

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