Remittent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  remittent
       adj : (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished
             severity; "a remittent fever"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "remittent":
     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