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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remittent \Re*mit"tent\ (r?-m?t"tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr
: cf F. r['e]mittent.]
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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
remittent
adj : (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished
severity; "a remittent fever"
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