remittent
🇬🇧 UK/ri'mitәnt/🇺🇸 US
GREB2
Definitions
adj.
Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity; describing a fever or disease that periodically eases.
(病情)时轻时重的,弛张性的
n.
A fever that periodically decreases in intensity without fully disappearing.
弛张热
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.remittent fever弛张热
- 2.remittent malaria弛张型疟疾
- 3.[remittent pattern]弛张性规律
- 4.remittent symptoms时轻时重的症状
Example Sentences
- 1.
The patient was diagnosed with a remittent fever that spiked every afternoon.
- 2.
Remittent symptoms made it difficult for doctors to assess the true severity of her condition.
- 3.
The physician noted a remittent pattern in the patient's temperature readings over three days.