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unremittent en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + remittent.

Meanings

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:
   • This increasing recognition of mental health services should not be considered the measured tread of unremittent change. 2014, James A. Cates, Serving the Amish: A Cultural Guide for Professionals, →ISBN, page 32:

Forms

Deriveds

unremittently