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.

Origin of remittent

1
1685–95; <Latin remittent- (stem of remittēns), present participle of remittere to send back. See remit, -ent

Other words from remittent

  • re·mit·tence, re·mit·ten·cy, noun
  • re·mit·tent·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for remittent

remittent

/ (rɪˈmɪtənt) /


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

Derived forms of remittent

  • remittence or remittency, noun
  • remittently, adverb

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