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

In examining attentively, however, the temperature of the patient during the febrile stage, it will be found that while it steadily rises in yellow fever, it is remittent in dengue.

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

The mildest cases of remittent fever are not readily distinguishable from the intermittent forms.

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

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