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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Remittent

/(r?-m?t"tent)/ · Re·mit·tent · IPA
01 a. Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.
  1. 1.
    Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.
Phrases & compounds
Remittent fever — a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.