remittent

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity“a remittent fever”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]

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