Found 2 items, similar to Remittent.
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Definition: remittent
remittent
adj : (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished
severity;
“a remittent fever”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Remittent
Remittent
\Re*mit"tent\ (r?-m?t"tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr.
: cf. F. r['e]mittent.]
Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.
[1913 Webster]
Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms
temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly
cease. See
Malarial fever, under
Malarial.
[1913 Webster]