remittant

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A form of remittent — Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveremittant (comparative more remittant, superlative most remittant)

comparative more remittant · superlative most remittant

  1. alternativerareAlternative form of remittent.

    With either mode of presentation the diarrhea may be continuous or remittant.

    2012, R. K. Chandra, Critical Reviews in Tropical Medicine - Volume 1, →ISBN, page xxix
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    The levels of CSF GC antibodies were similar in patients with chronic progressive, remittant or stationary disease (Table 13).

    1983, Juhani Ruutiainen, Studies on antibodies to central nervous system dominant antigens, →ISBN

    Are the Indians who hunt or the white inhabitants who have settled on the vast plains of the Missouri, as subject to remittant and intermittant fevers as those who inhabit a country shaded by forest trees?

    2005, James Rodger Fleming, Historical Perspectives on Climate Change, →ISBN

    In fact, particularly for individuals suffering from chronic intermittent and remittant rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or backache, these issues should be raised and considered in an on-going fashion over months and years of interaction.

    2013, Nortin M. Hadler, Dennis B. Gillings, Arthritis and Society: The Impact of Musculoskeletal Diseases, →ISBN, page 75
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