Dictionary entry

Remittent

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐mit″tent (r?–m?t″tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr.: cf. F. rémittent.] 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.