remittent

[ri-mit-nt]

adjective

1. abating for a time or at intervals.

   remittent symptoms.

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

noun

1. a remittent fever.

remittent

/ rɪˈmɪtənt /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• remittence noun
• remittently adverb
• remittency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of remittent¹

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

Example Sentences

The febrile movement in the prodromic stage of measles is remittent, the evening temperature being two or three degrees higher than that in the morning.

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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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By remittent fever is to be understood this modification of vital action which rests or abates, but does not go entirely off before a fresh attack ensues.

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