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remittent

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9 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted eeimnrtttStarts with REnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity

Word origin

From Latin remittent-, present participle of remittō.

Used in a sentence

  • A remittent fever is when at certain periods the fever is more violent than at others, but the patient never intirely free from it.
  • The evening was a little chilly, and a fire of logs had been lighted in the study where we were, and the remittent flame and the glow on the walls reminded me of the old days.
  • […] the long, long fever of life, which with him never knew a remittent moment, had robbed him of that which every man has a right to expect, some pleasure in the course of his existence.

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