Remittent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Remittent is an adjective meaning Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity.
Meaning
Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity.
More Meanings
- A remittent fever.
- (rare) Of or pertaining to remission of the severity of symptoms.
Example Sentences
If you would have died from fever, you would have died at Ujiji when you had that severe attack of remittent.
A remittent fever is when at certain periods the fever is more violent than at others, but the patient never intirely free from it.
The evening was a little chilly, and a fire of logs had been lighted in the study where we were, and the remittent flame and the glow on the walls reminded me of the old days.
[…] 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.
Synonyms for remittent
Depending on context, synonyms include reduced, decreased.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reduced, decreased, bilious, graded, decrescendo, degressive.
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