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unremittent

unremittent adjective: unremitting.

Adjective

unremittent (comparative more unremittent, superlative most unremittent)

  1. Unremitting.
    • Because unremittent tension is maintained in the contractile apparatus for as long as cytochalasin is present, it may properly be designated as a contracture.1978, Stuart William Tanenbaum, Cytochalasins, biochemical and cell biological aspects, page 345
    • If a jaundice comes on without pain, is unremittent, unassociated with infective symptoms, but accompanied by a dilated gall-bladder and an enlarged liver, then the jaundice is usually caused by carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.2013, Hugh Devine, The Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, →ISBN, page 750

Forms of unremittent

comparativemore unremittent
superlativemost unremittent
alternative formunremittant

Origin of unremittent

From un- + remittent.

Words formed from unremittent

Questions about unremittent

What does unremittent mean?
Unremittent means unremitting.
What part of speech is unremittent?
Unremittent is an adjective.

Words near unremittent in the dictionary

  1. unremissible
  2. unremittable
  3. unremittant
  4. unremitted
  5. unremittedly
  6. unremittent
  7. unremittently
  8. unremitting
  9. unremittingly
  10. unremittingness
  11. unremixed

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