Definition of intermission

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Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever..

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Intermittingly :: Intermittingly (adv.) With intermissions; at intervals.
Away :: Away (adv.) On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away..
Unintermission :: Unintermission (n.) Want or failure of intermission.
Paroxysm :: Paroxysm (n.) The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Eternal :: Eternal (a.) Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes..
Tertian :: Tertian (n.) A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day..
Ceaseless :: Ceaseless (adv.) Without intermission or end.
Truce :: Truce (n.) Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet..
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like..
Intermittence :: Intermittence (n.) Act or state of intermitting; intermission.
Atavism :: Atavism (n.) The recurrence of any peculiarity or disease of an ancestor in a subsequent generation, after an intermission for a generation or two..
Interpause :: Interpause (n.) An intermission.
Vacancy :: Vacancy (n.) The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness..
Perennial :: Perennial (a.) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
Vacation :: Vacation (n.) The intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation..
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever..
Interpolate :: Interpolate (v. t.) To renew; to carry on with intermission.
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