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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-derived
reagain, back
+
mittsend, let go
+
entperforming, being in a state
=remittent

Common 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.

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