REMITTENT

remittent

(adjective) (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; “a remittent fever”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

remittent (comparative more remittent, superlative most remittent)

Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity.

(rare) Of or pertaining to remission of the severity of symptoms.

Usage notes

Something that is intermittent stops and starts again, whereas something that is remittent is continuous but varies in intensity.

Noun

remittent (uncountable)

A remittent fever.

Source: Wiktionary

Re*mit"tent (r-mt"tent), a. Etym: [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. rémittent.]

Definition: Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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