Remittent fever

(Med.)

a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

remittent 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·ver

a 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.

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