unremittent
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- unremittant (rare)
Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unremittent (comparative more unremittent, superlative most unremittent)
- Unremitting.
- 1978, Stuart William Tanenbaum, Cytochalasins, biochemical and cell biological aspects, page 345:
- Because unremittent tension is maintained in the contractile apparatus for as long as cytochalasin is present, it may properly be designated as a contracture.
- 2013, Hugh Devine, The Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, →ISBN, page 750:
- 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.
- 2014, James A. Cates, Serving the Amish: A Cultural Guide for Professionals, →ISBN, page 32:
- This increasing recognition of mental health services should not be considered the measured tread of unremittent change.