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 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

There are, however, two other very grave forms of fever which are liable to give trouble in differentiation from remittent fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Other diseases which have occasionally been mistaken for typhus fever are remittent fever, Bright's disease, giving rise to ur�mia and purpura.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

That remittent fever is a malarial disease, produced by a cause identical with that which produces intermittent fever, is well proven by the following facts: First.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various