intermittingadj.
/ɪntəˈmɪtɪŋ/ a. = intermittent adj.; spec. in Pathology = intermittent adj. a.
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the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular
chopping1483
wavering1488
interpolate1547
suspensive1575
off and on1583
remitting1583
intermissive1586
fluttering1590
aguisha1602
intermittent1603
irregular1608
broken1629
intermitting1643
serratile1707
serrine1707
scattering1709
serratic1753
now-and-then1762
remittent1791
fitful1810
non-periodic1836
spasmodic1837
startful1837
interlusory1853
heterochronic1854
heterochronous1854
between-whiles1859
snatchy1861
sporadic1861
spasmodical1864
catchy1869
pauseful1877
aperiodic1879
scratchy1881
nervy1884
spurty1894
off-again on-again1923
on-again off-again1946
on-off1949
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 12 Cherfulnes..in a thousand outward and intermitting crosses.
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 352 Great distempers, as..Raving, Fainting, an intermitting pulse.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvii. 316 Cardinal Pole had long been sickly, from an intermitting fever.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 29 Such kinds of intermitting springs are to be found in great numbers on the sides of all high mountains.
1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) i. 59 Remitting and intermitting attacks, and cases of fever with short periods of apyrexia.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [adjective] > interval between attacks
intermitting1657
1657 J. Cooke tr. J. Hall Sel. Observ. Eng. Bodies 181 The intermitting day she had the following glyster.
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