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Remittent fever
(Med.) | a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial. |
See also: Remittent EncyclopediaSeeremittentremittent fever
remittent [re-mit´ent] having periods of abatement and of exacerbation.remittent fever elevated body temperature showing fluctuation each day, but never falling to normal.re·mit·tent fe·vera fever pattern in which temperature varies during each 24-hour period but never reaches normal. Most fevers are remittent and the pattern is not characteristic of any disease, although in the 19th century it was considered a diagnostic term.re·mit·tent fe·ver (rĕ-mitĕnt fēvĕr) Pyrexic pattern in which temperature varies during each 24-hour period but never reaches normal. |