remittent disease

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• remittent — adjective Etymology: Latin remittent , remittens, present participle of remittere Date: 1693 of a disease marked by alternating periods of abatement and increase of symptoms < remittent fever > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• remittent — Characterized by temporary periods of abatement of the symptoms of a disease. * * * re·mit·tent ri mit ənt adj marked by alternating periods of abatement and increase of symptoms <remittent fever> …   Medical dictionary

• Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …   Medical dictionary

• remittent — re mit·tent || rɪ mɪtÉ™nt adj. alternately subsiding and worsening (about disease) …   English contemporary dictionary

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• Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… …   Medical dictionary

• Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …   Medical dictionary

• Leprosy — • A chronic infectious disease caused by the bacillus leprœ, characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body …   Catholic encyclopedia

• fever — n. elevated temperature of the body 1) to come down with, develop a fever 2) a constant; high; intermittent; mild, slight; recurrent; remittent fever 3) a fever breaks, subsides disease or condition 4) glandular; hay; relapsing; rheumatic; Rocky… …   Combinatory dictionary

• malaria — malarial, malarian, malarious, adj. /meuh lair ee euh/, n. 1. Pathol. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now …   Universalium