remittent
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remittent
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From Latin remittent-, present participle of remittō.
adjective more remittent · most remittent
- Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity. A remittent fever is when at certain periods the fever is more violent than at others, but the patient never intirely free from it.
- Of or pertaining to remission of the severity of symptoms. […] the long, long fever of life, which with him never knew a remittent moment, had robbed him of that which every man has a right to expect, some pleasure in the course of his existence.
noun
- A remittent fever. If you would have died from fever, you would have died at Ujiji when you had that severe attack of remittent.
Talk about this word "remittent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/remittent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. remittent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/remittent "remittent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/remittent.Cite this
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title = {remittent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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