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remittent fever

remittent fever noun: a fever where the temperature remains above normal throughout the day and fluctuates more than 1°C within 24 hours.

Noun

remittent fever (countable and uncountable, plural remittent fevers)

  1. A fever where the temperature remains above normal throughout the day and fluctuates more than 1°C within 24 hours.

Forms of remittent fever

pluralremittent fevers

Questions about remittent fever

What does remittent fever mean?
Remittent fever means a fever where the temperature remains above normal throughout the day and fluctuates more than 1°C within 24 hours.
What part of speech is remittent fever?
Remittent fever is a noun.
What is the plural of remittent fever?
The plural of remittent fever is remittent fevers.

Words near remittent fever in the dictionary

  1. remittee
  2. remittees
  3. remittence
  4. remittences
  5. remittent
  6. remittent fever
  7. remittent fevers
  8. remitter
  9. remitters
  10. remittest
  11. remitteth

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