'Remittent' definitions:
Definition of 'remittent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever"
Definition of 'Remittent'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'remittent'
From: GCIDE
- decreased \decreased\ adj. made less in size or amount or degree. Opposite of increased. [Narrower terms: {attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened}; belittled, diminished, small; cut, cut-rate; diminished, lessened; minimized; remittent; attenuated]
- Syn: reduced. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'remittent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- calenture,
- childbed fever,
- continued fever,
- delirium,
- eruptive fever,
- febricity,
- febrility,
- fever,
- fever heat,
- feverishness,
- fire,
- flush,
- heat,
- hectic,
- hectic fever,
- hectic flush,
- hyperpyrexia,
- hyperthermia,
- intermittent fever,
- protein fever,
- puerperal fever,
- pyrexia,
- relapsing fever,
- remittent fever,
- urethral fever,
- vaccinal fever,
- water fever,
- wound fever