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remittent, a. and n.|rɪˈmɪtənt|
[ad. L. remittent-em, pres. pple. of remittĕre to remit: cf. F. rémittent.]
A. adj. That remits or abates for a time: spec. in Path. of a type of fever, the symptoms of which undergo at intervals a marked abatement or diminution (without disappearing entirely as in the intermittent type).
1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 726 The Cortex makes as certain a Cure in the Remittent Fever as in the Intermittent. 1776–84Cullen First Lines Physic xxvi. Wks. 1827 I. 487 They suffer..a considerable abatement or Remission... This constitutes what is called a Remittent Fever. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) I. 309 Yet nine years elapsed before it saw the light. His throes in bringing it forth had been severe and remittent. 1804Mitchill & Miller Med. Repos. 178 note, The more common form of the disease [yellow fever] was the ‘bilious’ and ‘remittent’ fever. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 217 The malarial fevers of hot climates often assume a remittent type.
B. n.
1. Path. A remittent fever.
1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 726 Almost all Epidemical, Autumnal and Camp-Fevers are either Genuine or Spurious Remittents. a1776R. James Diss. Fevers (1778) 96 It would be ridiculous and cruel, if a physician were to refuse the bark to a patient in a genuine remittent or intermittent. a1817T. Dwight Trav. New Eng., etc. (1821) II. 452 The shores of lake Champlain are generally subject to the fever and ague, and to bilious remittents. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 53 Fever in Fernando Po..having periodic outbursts of a more serious type than the normal intermittent and remittent of the Coast.
2. One who remits money.
1855Lorenz tr. Van der Keessel's Select Theses dlxxiv, In that kind of exchange..there generally are..four parties; first the person who gives the value or money, and who is called the remittent [etc.]. |